Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction

Chapter 1 Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction: Insight Toward Perception, Response, Adaptation and Sustainability

Chapter 2 Role of Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge in Disaster Management

Chapter 3 Conception and Perception of Indigenous People on Merapi Volcano Eruption: Knowledge, Philosophy, and Indigenous Education on Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia

Chapter 4 Dispossessing ‘Own People’ from Their Homeland: Muslim Indigenous Ethnic Minority in Sri Lanka

Chapter 5 Mountainous Hazards and Sustainable Livelihood in Leh Valley

Chapter 6 Does Indigenous Wisdom Still Exist? Toward the Involvement of Indigenous Peoples in Disaster Risk Reduction

Chapter 7 Assessment of the Local Traditional Knowledge and Practices of Flood Risk Identification Techniques: A Case Study of Nadaro Village, Tailevu, Fiji

Chapter 8 Indigenous Knowledge and Strategic Approaches to Combat Drought: A Study from the Western Rarh Region (Bankura and Purulia Districts) in West Bengal

Chapter 9 Use of Biotic and Abiotic Factors to Predict Natural Calamities: A Case Study Concerning the Santali Tribe in Four Districts of West Bengal, India

Chapter 10 Risk Perception of Landslide Among the Tribal Population: A Case Study of Kotagiri Taluk of Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu, India

Chapter 11 Indigenous Knowledge of Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia

Chapter 12 Indigenous Knowledge in Sustainable Development: A Mao Naga Perspective

Chapter 13 Perspectives from Indigenous Knowledge in Sustainable Development: A Study on the Rajbanshi Society in the Sub-Himalayan Region of West Bengal

Chapter 14 Climate Risk Management with Indigenous Knowledge and Perception—Evidence from Drought Prone Regions of India

Chapter 15 Toponym and Kayori : Potential Benefits of Local Wisdom to Kaili in Disaster Mitigation Strategies in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Chapter 16 Achieving Rural Water Security Through Traditional Knowledge: A Comprehensive Appraisal of Traditional Water Harvesting Techniques Used in Dry Lands of Purulia District, West Bengal, India

Chapter 17 The Journey Towards Understanding and Valuing Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Adaptation in Northland, Aotearoa-New Zealand

Chapter 18 Assessments for Disaster Risk Reduction by Analysing the Gaps and Future Scopes in Resilient Indigenous Practices

Chapter 19 Disaster Risk Reduction Through Local Knowledge and Practices—A Case Study of the Indigenous Boti Tribe, Timor Island, Indonesia

Chapter 20 Disaster Risk Reduction: Assessment of Gaps in Policy Framework and Future Scopes in Implementation of Indigenous Practices in India

Chapter 21 The Resilience of Indigenous Peoples in Facing Disaster Risks Due to Extreme Climate Change on Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Chapter 22 Unearthing the Local Wisdom of Disaster Mitigation Based on Geoarchaeological Records in the Mainland of Sumatra, Indonesia

Chapter 23 Assessment of Community-Based Risk (CBR) and Indigenous Knowledge on Climate Change Adaptation: An Overview

Chapter 24 Indigenous Strategies to Building Climate-Resilient Communities: A Case Study of Majuli Island and Chehni Kothi Village