@article{AltEnergy-Ecology-EnvironmentJ, author = {Ankur Gupta and Kartikeya . and Bhavana Garg and Ashok Kumar}, title = { Disaster Preparedness and Resiliency- Indian Context}, journal = {Journal of Advanced Research in Alternative Energy, Environment and Ecology}, volume = {3}, number = {3&4}, year = {2021}, keywords = {}, abstract = {This article aims to develop an in-depth perspective on disaster management ofnatural and man-made disasters so as to minimize the loss accountability afteroccurrence of a disaster. Disaster management aims at managing the disaster in anefficacious way by performing a pre- and post-disaster analysis of the concerned areaso that the disaster should cause least damage to the affected society. Disasters arenow increasing day by day due to various anthropogenic causes such as ignorance ofproposed structure for earthquake-resistant design in different areas for varioustypes of building material leads to massive destruction during occurrence ofearthquake in the concerned areas, floods have become quite frequent in middle andlower regions of the Himalayas due to road construction on the Himalayas forpromoting tourism, overburdening of the Himalayan rivers with already installed andnewly commissioned hydel projects leads to provoke landslides in uphill and foothillregions of northern India, where many more natural disasters are happening. Manmadedisasters, like political disturbance leading to civil riots and insurgency-likesituation in the country, rash and drunken driving leading to road accidents which kill382 people in India every day out of which youths and children form the major part,whereby disasters are swallowing the manpower or economy of the country in alethal way. This article depicts the level of preparedness, response, recovery andmitigation measures to be adopted for natural and man-made disasters.}, issn = {2455-3093}, pages = {26--35}, url = {http://thejournalshouse.com/index.php/AltEnergy-Ecology-EnvironmentJ/article/view/297} }