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Comprehensive vulnerability and risk assessment are crucial in understanding the past, present and future consequences of climate induced disasters. The linkages between disaster management and development processes are not adequately emphasized in existing literature. The micro-level vulnerability and adaptation assessment can help communities to adopt within a system. Subsequently, the community can also recover from future disaster events under climate change scenario. In above context, the book by Dr Shital Shukla is praiseworthy effort taking Gujarat as a case study. R. B. Singh, vice president, International Geographical Union (IGU), and head, department of geography, University of Delhi, New Delhi This book is an excellent proposal for reducing vulnerability by risk due to climate induced disasters. Gujarat in India is a local example for global changes. Work in local challenges produces global victories. . . . A great book. Raul Gonzalez Herrera, chief of the Natural Hazard Risk Reduction Division, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas UNICACH, Chiapas, Mexico This is a momentous study focusing on the importance of vulnerability analysis for assessing risk resulting from climate-induced disasters. Hence, it is enormously useful for policymaking for lessening the latent risk of potential disasters; and so would be extremely useful for geographers and policymakers. Rolee Kanchan, professor and former head, department of geography, the M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara This is an interesting and timely book. . . . This book has opened many lines of enquiry for Gujarat which is an ecologically fragile region. The more we understand that and build it into our policies, the better off we will be. Yoginder K. Alagh, chancellor, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, excerpt from the foreword This micro-vulnerability analysis will help the researchers and policymakers. I am sure that this book will inspire many to carry out such analysis at the local as well as regional levels to mitigate the impact of disasters. V. Thiruppugazh, commissioner of rural development and secretary (rural development), government of Gujarat Comprehensive vulnerability and risk assessment are crucial in understanding the past, present and future consequences of climate induced disasters. The linkages between disaster management and development processes are not adequately emphasized in existing literature. The micro-level vulnerability and adaptation assessment can help communities to adopt within a system. Subsequently, the community can also recover from future disaster events under climate change scenario. In above context, the book by Dr Shital Shukla is praiseworthy effort taking Gujarat as a case study. --R. B. Singh, vice president, International Geographical Union (IGU), and head, department of geography, University of Delhi, New Delhi This book is an excellent proposal for reducing vulnerability by risk due to climate induced disasters. Gujarat in India is a local example for global changes. Work in local challenges produces global victories. . . . A great book. --Raul Gonzalez Herrera, chief of the Natural Hazard Risk Reduction Division, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas UNICACH, Chiapas, Mexico This is a momentous study focusing on the importance of vulnerability analysis for assessing risk resulting from climate-induced disasters. Hence, it is enormously useful for policymaking for lessening the latent risk of potential disasters; and so would be extremely useful for geographers and policymakers. --Rolee Kanchan, professor and former head, department of geography, the M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara This is an interesting and timely book. . . . This book has opened many lines of enquiry for Gujarat which is an ecologically fragile region. The more we understand that and build it into our policies, the better off we will be. --Yoginder K. Alagh, chancellor, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, excerpt from the foreword This micro-vulnerability analysis will help the researchers and policymakers. I am sure that this book will inspire many to carry out such analysis at the local as well as regional levels to mitigate the impact of disasters. --V. Thiruppugazh, commissioner of rural development and secretary (rural development), government of Gujarat

This is an interesting and timely book. . . . This book has opened many lines of enquiry for Gujarat which is an ecologically fragile region. The more we understand that and build it into our policies, the better off we will be. --Yoginder K. Alagh, chancellor, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, excerpt from the foreword

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Shital Shukla is Associate Professor (Geography), M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. She is also a faculty (on Lien) of Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad. She is PhD from Gujarat University and her doctoral thesis was entitled: Sustainable Development of the Coastal Region of Gujarat. Her areas of research interest are: natural resource management, climate change and disaster management, regional planning, human development, sustainable development and environmental planning. She is deeply involved in projects related to human development, sustainability and livelihood issues, climate change and disaster risk management and urban water disasters. She has presented many research papers in national and international seminars and conferences. She has worked with UNDP, DFID, International Cooperative Alliance, National Disaster Management Agency, National Institute of Disaster Management and Ministry of Human Development.

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