Janki Andharia - Disaster Studies: Exploring Intersectionalities in Disaster Discourse

Aims and Scope

This book series aims to further academic scholarship and discourse in the rapidly emerging discipline of disaster studiesencompassing both theoretical and practical concerns in the interface between disasters, their conception, their management and their relationship with various aspects of governance. The series will cover diverse perspectives and approaches, reflected in case studies and narratives from different parts of the world.

The series addresses the growing need to bring together the wealth of dialogue and experiences in disaster research and disaster management. It seeks to enhance the knowledge base explicating the complex relationship between shifting socio-economic situations, unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation, climate variability and change, geological hazards and the threat of epidemics. The series adopts both a comparative and a critical perspective influencing the contemporary discourse around disasters, development and the use of appropriate technologies to foster safety, security and sustainability of the planet.

The series is multidisciplinary in its orientation and invites contributions from academicians, policy makers, practitioners, consultants working in the broad field of disaster management desirous of making scholarly contributions. Books in this series would be of interest to students pursuing postgraduate courses and to practitioners and policy makers looking for reflective and critical literature related to disaster governance and development.

Taken two years after the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004, the cover picture represents the sheer grit of Nicobari tribals, a fiercely independent community of Chaura, a low lying, tiny island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Even as the administration evacuated them to temporary shelters on Teressa island for an indefinite period of time, the tribals, tired of waiting for government promises, built their own boats and moved back to their islands. An embarrassed administration was then forced to take note and provide livelihood and other forms of support.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13839