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Act 7 - (1)Bangalore, India & Urban Resilience
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article257864.ece
The above link is on disaster response in Bangalore.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Hospital-springs-...
The second one is on how hospitals helped once so disaster response needn't come from the government.
It can be from anyone, anywhere.
I would class that as civic engagement to a disaster event.
Here, next, are doc**ents that include green reform referring to food supply , open spaces and water bodies and architecture.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18425916/City-Development-Plan-for-Bang...
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/30342073/Bangalore-City-Mission-Develop...
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4971126/Urban-Governance-and-the-Master...
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/33444828/PUBLIC-SPACE-IN-BANGALORE-PRES...
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/32016934/Architects-in-Bangalore
Now comes a green tax paper of 2009 for India - I don't know if i agree with all the things written here.
http://old.cseindia.org/AboutUs/press_releases/learning_practice.pdf
Stockholm's "urban network" is doing research to help Bangalore become an urban resilience city.
http://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/researchthemes/urbansoc...
Work being done on ecodiversity along with questions regarding Bangalore.
More on ecodiversity for vegetable crops but this was in 2002 so it needs rethinking again.
Two notes on disaster preparation work goin on - this one was in 2006
& official action for the same -
and the Indian environmental portal that deals with these issueswherever they happen by supplying info including for Bangalore.
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate...
I know I can go on and on but just giving links is pretty boring.
I could mention sites on sustainable strategies, ecoservices, social capital and response diversity too.
The main risks that are not covered are earthquakes that are becoming common, disaster from terrorism, disaster that strikes as a result of religious confrontation and/or public riots, and disaster that comes unexpectedly in the form of the death of leading politicians or film stars leading to riots.
However if the apparatus in in place and civic engagement is there these disasters can also be dealt with as opportunities for urban resilience.
I will add more to this post later after interviewing people in Bangalore and spreading some awareness.
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Comment by Michele Baron on April 15, 2010 at 4:33pm
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good links and comments koshy. if there were contingency plans for earthquakes or terrorist/biological disaster, would they include evacuations? Are there transit systems and plans for using certain roads one-way-only in case traffic signals fail?
I look forward to your next post. thank you.
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 15, 2010 at 4:41pm
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no there aren't but people pitch togehter and do help and often it works out for the better in a very unplanned way which is something thats difficult to explain in a forum like this
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thanks for commenting michele
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Comment by nomadHAR on April 16, 2010 at 10:38pm
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the worst problem of humanity, at the root of everything, is selfishness. deep distrust and violent reprisal, fostered by generations weaned on 'The Art of War' and 'The Prince', have also created our unstable and untenable world.
as a result, there is a lack of a sense of community in the world. people live closer together physically than ever, but live further from each other in a spiritual sense than ever.
well connected communities recover much better from disasters. their consistent communication, willingness to help others and community planning allow for a far more rapid response and recovery.
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true, thanks for commenting nomadhar
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