This book highlights the relationship between disasters and development through a socio-cultural study of human geography and governance institutions. It studies the cause, context and consequences of disasters in one of the most fragile Himalayan regions in India. The book establishes the fact that disaster management is built within the framework of good governance, without which it has no meaning. For lack of effective and responsive governance, development has lagged behind and even though the frequency of disasters has been increasing, little is being done to redesign developmental frameworks to prevent ensuing losses. Besides, the near absence of governmental support during recurrent disasters, communities have cumulatively become reservoirs of innovations to cope up with disasters. The resilience plans need not follow implanted models but may be cost effective only if they apply a bottom up approach. Just as the region is culturally diverse so are the challenges encountered by local communities in terms of generating resilience to every disaster. Despite more than a decade of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) of 2005, most of the states in this northeastern fringe of India continue to wait for its implementation beyond mere structures and offices. The book suggests that urgent action is required in accordance with the DMA 2005 towards inter-agency coordination, proactive participation of local governance, mobilization of Community based Organizations (CBOs) and curriculum based training in every academic and technical institution. Governments of these northeastern states of India should establish accountability of State Disaster Management Authorities and inspire them to participate proactively with communities for an effective resilience building in the region. CONTENTS Part I: Disasters, Management and Development 1. India’s Northeast: Disasters, Development and Community Resilience / Amita Singh 2. Natural Disasters in the North-East: Crucial Role of Academia in Saving Lives / P.P. Shrivastav 3. Regional Climate Changes Over Northeast India: Present and Future / A.P. Dimri , D. Kumar and M. Srivastava 4. Manipur Flood 2015: Preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies / Bupinder Zutshi 5. Lessons from Manipur: Managing Earthquake Risk in a Changing Built Environment / Kamal Kishore and Chandan Ghosh 6. Varying Disasters—Problems and Challenges for Development in Manipur / Jason Shimray 7. Manipur’s Tryst with Disaster Management Act, 2005 / Nivedita P. Haran 8. Reviving ‘Public Policy’ and Triggering ‘Good Governance’: A Step Towards Sustainability / Pankaj Choudhury 9. Role of Heavy Machinery in Disaster Management / Keshav Sud Part II: Vulnérabilité Studies 10. Co-Seismic Slip Observed from Continuous Measurements: From the 2016 Manipur Earthquake (Mw = 6.7) / Arun Kumar and L. Sunil Singh 11. Post-Earthquake Geodisaster of 6.7 Mw Manipur Earthquake 2016 / P.S. Ningthoujam , L.K. Lolee , C.S. Dubey, Z.P. Gonmei , L. Thoithoi and T. Oinam 12. Landslide Zonation in Manipur Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies / R. K. Chingkhei 13. Building a Resilient Community Against Forest Fire Disasters in the Northeast India / P. K. Joshi , Anusheema Chakraborty and Roopam Shukla 14. The Khuga Dam—A Case Study / Langthianmung Vualzong , Aashita Dawer and Nivedita P. Haran 15 Dams and Disasters in the Northeast India: A Collateral ‘Ethical’ Relationship / Prasenjit Biswas 16. Achieving Last Mile Delivery: Overcoming the Challenges in Manipur / Sukhreet Bajwa Part III: Accomplishing Community Resilience 17. A Study of Socio-economic Community Resilience in Manipur / Thiyam Bharat Singh 18. ‘Living with Floods’: An Analysis of Floods Adaptation of Mising Community—A Case Study of Jiadhal River / Tapan Pegu 19. Role of CBOs in Resilience Building: Good Practices and Challenges / Thongkholal Haokip 20. Floods, Ecology and Cultural Adaptation in Lakhimpur District, Assam / Ngamjahao Kipgen and Dhiraj Pegu 21. Disaster and Resilience Building among Women in Manipur / Mondira Dutta 22. Community Resilience Building and the Role of Paitei Tribe of Churachandpur in Manipur / M. Pauminsang Guite and Langthianmung Vualzong 23. Urban Risks to Hazards: A Study of the Imphal Urban Area / Sylvia Yambem 24. Community Awareness on Landslide Disaster: ‘Experience of Nagaland’ / Supongsenla Jamir and N. U. Khan 25. Risk Perception and Disaster Preparedness: A Case Study of Noney, Tamenglong District / Homolata Borah 26. Institutions of Faith in Resilience Building During Disasters: Church and Communities in Lamka Vis-à-Vis Churachandpur / Priyanka Jha and G. V. C. Naidu 27. Relating Resource Extraction Pattern with Disasters: Political Ecology of Barbhag Block, Nalbari / Snehashish Mitra 28. Communities and Disasters in Nagaland: Landslides and the Cost of Development / Imkongmeren ABOUT THE AUTHOR / EDITOR Amita Singh, Professor at the Special Centre for Law and Governance and Founding Chairperson, Special Centre for Disaster Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India. Milap Punia, Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Director of Admissions, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India. Nivedita P. Haran, Indian Administrative Service (Rtd.), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala who spearheaded the first Kerala State Disaster Management Authority. Currently, she is Chief Research Consultant, Disaster Research Program, JNU, India. Thiyam Bharat Singh, is Reader in the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), Manipur University (MU), India.