Living with Disasters

Download or read book Living with Disasters written by Amites Mukhopadhyay and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a critical account of the disconnected nature of governance, conservation and livelihood initiatives in the Indian Sundarbans, an active delta that spreads over 25,500 sq. km across India and Bangladesh and lies in the Bay of Bengal. It draws a holistic picture of the disaster-prone delta in eastern India, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and also one of the largest tracts of mangrove forests in the world. The author juxtaposes the vulnerable lives and frequently displaced existence of the islanders against the dominant strategies of conservation and development followed by the state.