Citation

Kumar B, Bhaduri S. Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct. 2018; 31: 1309-1325.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.04.022

PMID

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Abstract

Delhi is highly prone to multi hazards like earthquake, flood, fire accident as well as building collapse and epidemics. It lies in the seismic IV zone and is surrounded by river Yamuna and its tributary River Hindon, which lurk at the 204.63 m mark. While East Delhi has problems of being submerged due to massive floods, all the districts of Delhi are highly susceptible to major fires. In Delhi, villages have been engulfed in the process of urbanisation and rural villages are transformed into urban villages. With the rapid expansion, there has been a significant increase in the number of urban villages. These urban villages are characterized by high growth rate, high density, over population, unplanned buildings and infrastructure shortage. This paper is an outcome of the doctoral research in this topic. The research examines the extent of physical growth and its impact on the increasing disaster risk in the urban villages of Delhi for both plot level and area level. Also it identifies the parameters that were significant contributors to the risk.

Language: en

Keywords

Disaster risk; Dynamics; Physical growth; Urban villages