ICDMJMI-2021: International Conference (Online) On Challenges of Disasters: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience Online (Centre for Disaster Management, Deptt. of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India) New Delhi, India, March 2-3, 2021 |
| Conference website | https://www.jmi.ac.in/bulletinboard/eventmodule/latest/detail/2461/26542 |
| Abstract registration deadline | February 18, 2021 |
| Submission deadline | February 22, 2021 |
Centre for Disaster Management
Department of Geography
(UGC DRS SAP-I & FIST Supported)
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
NAAC Accredited Grade “A”
Organizes
International Conference (Online)
On
Challenges of Disasters: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience
March 02-03, 2021
in collaboration with
National Institute of Disaster Management
New Delhi, India
and
Regional Remote Sensing Centre (North)
New Delhi, India
Patron
Prof. Najma Akhtar
Vice Chancellor
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi, India
Convener
Prof. Mary Tahir (Head)
Co-Convener
Prof. Atiqur Rahman
Organizing Secretary
Prof. Haroon Sajjad
Co-organizing Secretary
Dr. Lubna Siddiqui
About the Conference
Disasters pose threats to social, economic and ecological environment. Millions of people globally are affected by natural and human induced disasters. Nearly 90% people residing in countries exposed to natural hazards are experiencing extreme impoverishment due to the subsequent disaster shocks. Every year these disasters also push around 25 million people into poverty and cause economic losses of $100 billion. Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines disasters as the stern changes in the normal functioning of society or community to the hazardous physical events after interacting with the social conditions resulting in huge environmental, social and economic losses that need quick response and effective support for recovery. Climate change has been identified as the major determinant of changes in the global conditions and alteration in the normalcy of the environmental functioning. These changes are driven by both the natural and anthropogenic processes. The outcomes of these changes are increase in the frequency of extreme weather events including droughts, floods, sea level rise, heat waves and cyclones in fragile ecosystems. Such changes are accelerating the vulnerability of the socio-ecological system and tend to put pressure on the socio-economic conditions. Recently COVID-19 has emerged as a global biological hazard with unprecedented pressure on health systems and made communities vulnerable. Diversity of the implications have hindered the treatment and affected the global healthcare system. Factual evidences on the virus are still lacking in actual representation of the ground realities.
Low-income economies are experiencing health complications due to high population, low testing rates and inadequate clinical measures adding to already otherwise vulnerable status. These concerns have created realization about the effective clinical and health measures for limiting the further outbreak of the virus. Vulnerability reflects the inability of a system or individual to cope with the impacts of anthropogenic and natural disasters. It arises from the physical, environmental, social and economic factors. Earliest attempts for analyzing vulnerability to disaster were found associated with identifying the factors leading to vulnerability of socio-ecological system. Later on, World Meteorological Organization during 1980s has revealed relationship between the climate variability and vulnerability. Climate variability refers to the increase in extreme weather events and intense climate phenomena due to short-term fluctuations in the meteorological variables. Degree of vulnerability and resilience vary spatially and require effective modelling approach to analyze the susceptibility of the region. Earliest attempts on vulnerability assessment were carried out using pressure and release (PAR) and risk hazard (RH) models. Vulnerability to climate change was immensely discussed by the scientific community during 1990s. Concept of vulnerability later expanded including robustness, risk, exposure, adaptation and sensitivity. Thus, integrated approach was emphasized in disaster vulnerability assessment. Response mechanism is an integral part of disaster risk reduction. It is essential to articulate the interaction of human and natural systems. Resilience in other way helps in overcoming the hardships. Experiences from previous disasters, adopting alternate livelihoods, immunity, construction measures and accessibility to relief enhances the resilience to disaster.
Ideal response mechanism includes local groups, government and non-government organizations (NGOs) for effectual disaster response and recovery. Disaster Management Act (2005) of India clearly emphasized that stakeholders involved in disaster management must be effectively equipped for helping community to prepare, prevent and recover from the disasters (natural and man-made). Disaster management recovery guidelines are being developed to assist the functions and provide legislative support to national, regional and local level stakeholders. Mitigation and adaptation help in dealing with the climate change implication through cooperation and effectual policy at various scales with integrated response. Adaptation and mitigation are interrelated approaches effective in managing and reducing disaster risk. In disaster prone nations, financial relief, effectual response strategies, preparedness, adaptation and enhancing resilience are immensely significant. Promoting awareness among vulnerable communities, response mechanism, enhancing resilience and adaptative capacity are essential components of disaster risk reduction.
Various challenges are accompanied with disasters including inefficient planning, unstable infrastructural set up and inadequate financial support. One of the challenges associated with disasters is ensuring the provision of relief and related operations as per the intensity of the disasters. Man-made disasters are often accompanied with huge humanitarian and economic crisis. Such disasters are identified to be more destructive in case of developing rural economies. Making the healthcare system resilient is another concern to reduce the risk and achieve normalcy to disasters. Effective mitigation, proactive measure and effective post disaster planning may help in overcoming these challenges.
Sub-Themes:
- Climate change induced disasters: risk identification and assessment
- Extreme weather events: frequency, intensity and impacts
- Man-made disasters: issues and challenges
- Pandemics: socio-economic challenges
- Lessons learnt from Corona virus Pandemic
- Ecological and socio-economic vulnerability: mapping and assessment
- Adaptation: policy discourse, strategies and governance
- Disaster management: recovery, risk transfer and capacity building
- Response mechanism: logistics, post-disaster response and recovery
- Role of geospatial technology for hazard mapping and risk analysis
- Role of media, education, public awareness and training
- Resources, early warning systems and funding
- Resilience and coping capacities
- Community sensitization for reducing vulnerability
- Policy, Programmes and governance for health, infrastructure and resilience
Submission Guidelines
Papers on theoretical, methodological and case studies of identified theme and sub-themes are welcome. The participants are requested to send their abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) with maximum of 5 keywords and font Times New Roman (size 10).
How to Submit:
Submission of abstract and full paper via e-mail only: icdmjmi@gmail.com
Important Dates:
Last date for online registration: 18.02.2021
Last date of abstract submission: 22.02.2021
Intimation of acceptance: 24.02.2021
Submission of full length paper: 28.02.2021
Committees
International Advisory Committee
Prof. Joe Ravetz, University of Manchester, U.K
Prof. Karen Seto, Yale University, USA
Prof. Md. Nazrul Islam, Jahangirnagar Univ.Bangladesh
Dr. Yunus Ali P, Chengdu Univ. of Technology, China
Prof. Soe Mynt, Arizona State University, USA
Dr. Bayes Ahmed, University College London, U.K
Prof. Sunil Bhaskaran, University of New York, USA
Dr. Abolfazl Jaafari, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
Dr. Safraj S Hameed, NHS-National Services, Scotland
Prof. Rejaur Rehman, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
Dr. Alexander Follmann, Univ. of Cologne Germany
Prof. S Sen Roy, University of Miami, USA
Dr. Hashem Dadashpoor, Tarbiat Modares Univ. Iran
Dr. Ram Avtar, Hokkaido University, Japan
Dr. Muhammed Haji, Abama S &T Univ., Ethiopia
Dr Jie Dou, University of Tokyo , Japan
Dr. Binh Thai Pham, Duy Tan University,Viet Nam
Dr. S. Karuppannan, Abama S &T Univ., Ethiopia
Dr. Haoyuan Hong, University of Vienna, Austria
Dr. Archana Srivastava, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr. Mohd. Anul Haq, Majmaah University, KSA
Dr. Javed Malick, King Khalid University, KSA
Dr. Mehebub Sahana, University of Manchester, UK
Dr. Hoang Le Hang, King Kalid University, KSA
Dr. Mohd Faheem, Thammasat University, Thailand
National Advisory Committee
Maj. Gen. M. K Bindal, Executive Director, NIDM
Prof. V. K Malhotra, Member Secretary, ICSSR
Dr. Parvez Hayat, IPS, Advisor, CDM, JMI
Dr. D Dutta, NRDMS, DST
Prof. R .B. Singh, DU, Sec. General, IGU
Prof. Abha Lakshmi Singh, AMU
Prof. Santosh Kumar, NIDM
Prof. B S Boutula, JNU
Dr. Bhoop Singh, DST
Prof. R B P Singh, Patna University
Prof. Chandan Ghosh, NIDM
Dr. G. Areendran, IGCMC, WWF-India
Prof. S.C. Rai, DU
Prof. P K Joshi, JNU
Prof. Surya Prakash, NIDM
Prof. Somnath Dasgupta, IISER, Kolkata
Dr. O. P. Mishra, MoES
Prof. Anil K Gupta, NIDM
Dr. P. P. Patel, Presidency University, Kolkata
Prof. B.S Chaudhary, Kurukshetra University
Dr.S.D Attri, IMD
Prof. A. R. Siddiqui, Allahabad University
Prof. Anuradha Sharma, Jammu University
Dr. Shakeel A. Khan, PUSA
Prof. Anupam Panday, Allahabad
Prof. Sunil De, NEHU
Prof. Sachidanand Sinha, JNU
Dr. Amir Ali Khan, NIDM
Prof. Ateeq Ahamad, AMU
Prof. Pramod Bharadwaj, MDU
Prof. Anisur Rahman, HRDC, JMI
Prof. Ravi S Singh, BHU
Prof. Anuradha Banerjee, JNU
Prof. M. H. Qureshi, JNU
Prof. Rana P B Singh, BHU
Prof. Syed Naushad Ahmad, AMU
Prof. Krishna Mohan, Chandigarh
Prof. Prithvish Nag, BHU
Prof. Milap Punia, JNU
Prof. Aslam Mahmood, JNU
Prof. Virendra Nagarale, SNDT, Pune
Prof. Mondira Dutta, JNU
Prof. Salauddin Qureshi, AMU
Dr. Bindhy Wasini Pandey, DU
Prof. Shahab Fazal, AMU
Prof. Dipendra Nath Das, JNU
Prof. S B Singh, BHU
Prof. Mahtab Singh, MDU
Prof. S Waseem Ashraf, AMU
Prof. B.C Vaidya, JNU
Prof. Nizamuddin Khan, AMU
Prof J. S Rawat, Kumaon University
Prof. Ravinder Kaur, Panjab University
Prof. Haseena Hashia, JMI
Prof. Mohd. Mazhar A Khan, JMI
Prof. Shahnaz Parveen, JMI
Prof. Khursheed Haider, JMI
Prof. Shamim Shah, Srinagar
Prof. Parvez Alam, Srinagar
Prof. S K Bansal, MDU
Prof. Rocket Ibrahim, JMI
Prof. Jabir Hasan Khan, AMU
Prof. Kaushal Kumar Sharma, JNU
Prof. Zishan Hussain Khan, JMI
Dr. Arshad Khan, JMI
Dr. Mansaf Alam, JMI
Dr. Gaurav Kalotra, Panjab University
Organizing committee
Prof. Seemi Farhat Basir
Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, JMI
Prof. Zahid Ashraf
Hony. Director Academics, JMI
Prof. Kafeel Ahmad
Hony. Director Research , JMI
Dr. Sushma Guleria, NIDM
Dr. V. M Chowdary, RRSC-N
Prof. M. Ishtiaque
Prof. Masood Ahsan Siddiqui
Dr. Taruna Bansal
Dr. Praveen Kumar Pathak
Dr. Aruna Paarcha
Dr. Hassan Raja Naqvi
Dr. Adnan Shakeel
Dr. Asif
Contact
Please contact for any query:
Prof. Haroon Sajjad
Organizing Secretary
Email: haroon.geog@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 9958590624
Dr. Lubna Siddiqui
Co-Organizing Secretary
Email: lsiddiqui@jmi.ac.in
Mobile: +91 9350970749
About Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) came into existence at Aligarh in 1920 during the Khilafat and Non-cooperation movement in response to Gandhiji’s call to boycott government supported educational institutions. JMI is one of the premier universities of national importance and amongst top ten universities of India as per National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020. The University has a multi layered educational system with 09 Faculties, 39 Departments and 27 Centres for Research and Excellence that have given an edge to it in terms of critical research.
About the Department
The Department of Geography was established with Honours programme in Geography in 1971. The Department offers MA/M.sc, BA/ B..Sc (H), PG Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS Applications, PG Diploma in Disaster Management (Evening) and Ph.D. The Department comes under the Faculty of Natural Sciences. It is a pioneer in the country for imparting education in Remote Sensing at post graduate level. The ISRO, Government of India recognized it and supported the Department for the enhancement of the DIP/GIS labs. The DST also supported the Department as nodal facility in Delhi for conducting training programmes in Remote Sensing and GIS for university and college teachers. The DST accorded the Department FIST-1 status in 2016. A year later in 2017 UGC recognized the Department to support it under SAP DRS-1.
The Centre for Disaster Management was established in 2018. The aim of the centre is to train future managers and provide a platform for scientific research for making disaster resilient society. The centre offers M.Sc in Disaster Management and Climate Sustainability Studies. The course is a mix of scientific understanding of hazardous processes and policy interventions. The students are placed for one semester internship with reputed organizations like IIRS, Dehradun, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, NIDM, IMD and NGOs.