The disastrous effects of floods in urban areas of various Indian cities have been increasing in severity and extent over the past decade. This book explores flood disasters, their impact in the world and the Indian context, assessing vulnerability and risks involved, and systematic use of GIS-enabled platforms to map mitigation measures sustainably, with special reference to the metropolitan flood mitigation endeavours.
This book balances the theoretical with empirical approaches to makes unique standpoint on the various challenges and possible solutions to urban flooding in India. Through a study of major urban flood incidents, this book analyses the factors which contribute to the rising risk of flooding with increasing urbanization, population dynamics, growth, and urban sprawl, with particular focus to the cities of Chennai, Mumbai, and Hyderabad in India. It also examines disaster governance on urban floods and legislative prospects of flood disasters through discussions on standing acts, the UN directives, and internationally adopted practices and actions, which are applicable in the Indian context.
An interdisciplinary study, this book brings together tools and research from various disciplines including geography, urban and regional planning, and GIS. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers, scholars, engineers, students, planners, academicians, and professionals of cross disciplines to help them resolve the problem of urban flooding. It will also be of interest to the general reader seeking to learn more about disasters, urban flooding, engineering, and GIS.
About the Author: Narendar Kumar is working as an Urban Planner with the Sustainable Cities & Transport program at WRI India and lives in Lasedi- Rajasthan, India. He is a trained geographer and spatial planner with four years of experience in the fields of Urban and Regional Planning. He has worked at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi; Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur; IIT-Guwahati; and Nagpur Municipal Corporation for various projects of town planning. He has largely worked on the preparation of the Master Plan, Regional Plan, and Zonal Development Plan. He has also worked on the Zonal Master Plan of Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary and Eco-Sensitive Zone, and the National Rurban Mission, Government of India. Additionally, he was engaged as an Assistant Professor as a visiting faculty at Jagannath University, Jaipur where he taught M.Tech Urban Planning discipline. Mr. Kumar is an honored life Associate of the Institute of Town Planners, India (ITPI), New Delhi, and he is interested in teaching, research, writing books, and monographs, and learning across disciplines.
