Year: 2015 | Month: December | Volume 1 | Issue 2
Understanding Disaster Risk Reduction: A Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Eight Aila Hit Villages of Hingalganj Block, North 24 Parganas, W.B.
Abstract:
On May 25, 2005 in Indian sub-continent hit with a super cyclone, namely Aila causing soil erosion, contaminated water and loss of community assets, degraded environmental conditions many parts of India including Sundarban delta. We all know that it is virtually impossible to prevent occurrence of most natural disasters but it is possible to minimize risk and coping capacity through Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programme. The present study is based on 8 villages in two panchayats in Aila hit areas, namely Jogeshganj and Kalitala panchayat of Higalganj Block in North 24 Paraganas in West Bengal with a view to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) of people living in the area so as to develop disaster risk reduction programme in Aila heat areas of Sundarban.
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