Journal of Geography  & Natural Disasters
Open Access

Department of Geography, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Initiating a Disaster Information System (DIS) to Analyse and Mitigate the Footprints of Disasters in Greater Mumbai
  Author(s): Pallavi Chande* and Dipti Mukherji
  
  In contemporary world where technology is just a click away, GIS can prove to be an extremely powerful tool for management and mitigation of disasters. In the study of geography, the spatial dimension describes and compares patterns where environmental factors are located. These patterns are determined by using quantitative and qualitative research to compare areas in relation to a particular variable. The aim of this approach is to amend these factors and create more equity in relation to the variable being studied. In the present study, space is studied with relation to disasters and through the perspective of disaster management. In this research paper an attempt is made to understand the disasters prevailing in different wards of greater Mumbai. The comparison between wards is done to bring forth the spatial patterns and disparities. This would represent the footprints of disaster.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35841/2167-0587.23.13.271

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