Science–policy interface for disaster risk management in India : toward an enabling environment

Patra, Jyotiraj; Kantariya, Komal

Science–policy interface for disaster risk management in India : toward an enabling environment

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Date

2014-07

Authors

Patra, Jyotiraj

Kantariya, Komal

Publisher

Current Science Association, Bangalore, IN

Abstract

The article discusses how the contribution of science in managing disaster risks in an emerging economy like India can be enhanced and enriched. It highlights some of the underlying challenges in greater science–policy interface in disaster risk management (DRM) and suggests some principles to organize and strengthen such interface at various levels of planning and implementation. The paper acknowledges that due to geography, India is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, and under changing climatic conditions, extreme weather phenomenon has become a norm rather than an exception.

Keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, NATURAL HAZARDS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, INDIA, RISK MANAGEMENT, POLICY MAKING, LIVELIHOODS, CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, SOUTH ASIA, RESEARCH POLICY

Citation

Patra, J., & Kantariya, K. (2014). Science–policy interface for disaster risk management in India: toward an enabling environment. Current Science, 107(1): 39-45.