Public Health and Disasters

Introduction
Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan

Part 1:

Chapter 1: Overview of H-EDRM and health issues in DRR: Practices and challenges
Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan

Part 2:

Chapter 2: Public health prevention hierarchy in disaster context
Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chapter 3: Key public health challenges for H-EDRM in the twenty-first century: Demographic and epidemiological transitions
Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chapter 4: Evidence gaps in bottom-up resilience building of H-EDRM in Asia
Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chapter 5: H-EDRM in international policy agenda I: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan

Chapter 6: H-EDRM in international policy agenda III: Paris climate agreement
Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan

Chapter 7: H-EDRM in international policy agenda IV: 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and New Urban Agenda (Habitat III)
Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan, and Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Part 3:

Chapter 8: Health issues and DRR in India: Some reflections
R. Krishnamurthy, University of Madras, India

Chapter 9: Health issues and disaster risk reduction perspectives in China
Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chapter 10: Health emergencies and DRR in Pakistan: examples and achievements
Atta-ur Rahman, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Chapter 11: Bangladesh public health issues and implications to flood risk reduction
Akiko Matsuyama and Maiko Sakamoto, University of Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 12: Epi-Nurse: health emergency perspectives in Nepal
Sakiko Kanbara, Kochi University, Japan

Chapter 13: Health emergency and public involvement in Philippines
Ma. Regina Justina E. Estuar, Ateneo University, Philippines

Chapter 14: Smart water solutions for health emergency in he delta region of Bengal
Bhaswati Ray, University of Calcutta, India, Md. Anwarul Abedin, Bangladesh Agriculture University and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan

Chapter 15: Community networking for healthcare in case of disaster: Examples from small and medium sized cities in Japan
Kenji Isayama, Hiroshima International University, Japan and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan

Part 4:

Chapter 16: Future perspectives of H-EDRM and risk reduction in Asia
Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan