Review of historic literature and traditional indigenous knowledge as a decision making tool for disaster risk reduction from two Indian states

Review of historic literature and traditional indigenous knowledge as a decision making tool for disaster risk reduction from two Indian states

Title	Review of historic literature and traditional indigenous knowledge as a decision making tool for disaster risk reduction from two Indian states
Authors/Contributors	Pattukandan, G.G. (Author) Aditi, N. (Author)
Publication Title	Disaster Advances
Date	2020
Abstract Note	Indigenous knowledge has been used by several communities around the world as a tool to survive natural disasters in a long time period. There are several stories related to how communities used indigenous ways to protect life and property after major disasters. Local knowledge, practices and contexts can help organizations implement better disaster preparedness planning. It can help build project acceptance, ownership and sustainability in the regional area probably because it is the most visible / concrete aspect of local knowledge that is often associated with local technical knowledge. For example, local technical knowledge includes local methods of building, using and combining specific local house materials, retaining walls, terraces etc. Such knowledge informs decision making on fundamental aspects of daily life for rural and indigenous people. Traditional communities have resilient mechanisms for countering the risks posed by nature using their immediate environment knowledge. Disaster risk reduction is one of the development areas where indigenous knowledge has too often been downplayed on the assumption that external, especially recent, knowledge is superior to communities’ own tradition and approaches. Indigenous knowledge is important in reducing disaster risk as it represents autonomy and sustainability. India is the country where people rich in indigenous and traditional knowledge used effectively in disaster risk reduction. The present study focuses on how traditional and indigenous knowledge was effectively used for disaster risk reduction in India. A comparison has been made between the two states of India Tamil Nadu and Assam where two different climatic conditions prevail. © 2020, World Research Association. All rights reserved.
Resource Type	Journal Article
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Citation	Pattukandan, G. G., & Aditi, N. (2020). Review of historic literature and traditional indigenous knowledge as a decision making tool for disaster risk reduction from two Indian states. Disaster Advances, 13(11), 60–69. Scopus. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85094096556&partnerID=40&md5=5ab81eb925b503503e2ad5bda931859c
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Title

Authors/Contributors

Pattukandan, G.G. (Author)

Aditi, N. (Author)

Publication Title

Disaster Advances

Date

2020

Abstract Note

Indigenous knowledge has been used by several communities around the world as a tool to survive natural disasters in a long time period. There are several stories related to how communities used indigenous ways to protect life and property after major disasters. Local knowledge, practices and contexts can help organizations implement better disaster preparedness planning. It can help build project acceptance, ownership and sustainability in the regional area probably because it is the most visible / concrete aspect of local knowledge that is often associated with local technical knowledge. For example, local technical knowledge includes local methods of building, using and combining specific local house materials, retaining walls, terraces etc. Such knowledge informs decision making on fundamental aspects of daily life for rural and indigenous people. Traditional communities have resilient mechanisms for countering the risks posed by nature using their immediate environment knowledge. Disaster risk reduction is one of the development areas where indigenous knowledge has too often been downplayed on the assumption that external, especially recent, knowledge is superior to communities’ own tradition and approaches. Indigenous knowledge is important in reducing disaster risk as it represents autonomy and sustainability. India is the country where people rich in indigenous and traditional knowledge used effectively in disaster risk reduction. The present study focuses on how traditional and indigenous knowledge was effectively used for disaster risk reduction in India. A comparison has been made between the two states of India Tamil Nadu and Assam where two different climatic conditions prevail. © 2020, World Research Association. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

Journal Article

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85094096556&partnerID=40&md5=5ab81eb925b503503e2ad5bda931859c

Citation

Pattukandan, G. G., & Aditi, N. (2020). Review of historic literature and traditional indigenous knowledge as a decision making tool for disaster risk reduction from two Indian states. Disaster Advances, 13(11), 60–69. Scopus. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85094096556&partnerID=40&md5=5ab81eb925b503503e2ad5bda931859c

Link to this record

http://ikbe-library.unimelb.edu.au/bibliography/9DDAPL2E/