Peter Winchester
Biographic Data
| ID | 1405014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Winchester |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Winchester |
| SIGNATURE | WINCHESTER P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Warnborough College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8728-0532 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Procedures and practices
These notes are aimed at anyone who wants to become or join an NGO in India. They are based on experience working in the Krishna Delta as a UK registered charity: the Divi Seema Foundation (DSF). Dire poverty and relative wealth live side by side in the same villages. Central concerns are lack of year-round employment, lack of essential services to the poorest areas and the overall indifference of local government officials. Effective NGOs requir…
Power, Choice and Vulnerability
Natural disasters make dramatic reading. Every year, some area of the world is devastated by a disaster, with enormous consequent loss of life and disruption to livelihoods. What can be done to alleviate this? Why are such disasters so lethal? Why do people expose themselves to such hazards? Do mitigation programmes help? What effect does aid really have on the areas that receive it? By examining one particular cyclone-prone area of Southern Indi…
Cyclone Mitigation, Resource Allocation and Post-disaster Reconstruction in South India
This paper opens with a history of development and disaster-prevention strategies in a cyclone-prone area of the east coast of India and traces the evolution in the area of British and Indian governments' programmes and policy over a century. Research over the last 20 years has shown however that the programmes and policies have failed to balance economic growth with safety. Resources intended for the benefit of all have been diverted by alliance…
New Approaches to Sustainable Hazard Management for Venice
Venice is suffering from flooding, pollution and the neglect of its famous urban fabric. The situation will worsen with sea-level rise relative to the land, as the Lagoon continues to evolve from a low-energy coastal marsh to a high-energy marine system. The proposed solution a system of mobile gates appears to be flawed in that it does not tackle some of the fundamental causes of these problems, or cope adequately with sealevel rise. For sustain…
From disaster to development
Disaster Relief Operations In Andhra Pradesh, Southern India, Following The Cyclone In November 1977
Cyclone Mitigation, Resource Allocation and Post-disaster Reconstruction in South India
This paper opens with a history of development and disaster-prevention strategies in a cyclone-prone area of the east coast of India and traces the evolution in the area of British and Indian governments' programmes and policy over a century. Research over the last 20 years has shown however that the programmes and policies have failed to balance economic growth with safety. Resources intended for the benefit of all have been diverted by alliance…
New Approaches to Sustainable Hazard Management for Venice
Venice is suffering from flooding, pollution and the neglect of its famous urban fabric. The situation will worsen with sea-level rise relative to the land, as the Lagoon continues to evolve from a low-energy coastal marsh to a high-energy marine system. The proposed solution a system of mobile gates appears to be flawed in that it does not tackle some of the fundamental causes of these problems, or cope adequately with sealevel rise. For sustain…
From disaster to development
Disaster Relief Operations In Andhra Pradesh, Southern India, Following The Cyclone In November 1977
Disaster Relief Operations In Andhra Pradesh, Southern India, Following The Cyclone In November 1977
From disaster to development
New Approaches to Sustainable Hazard Management for Venice
Venice is suffering from flooding, pollution and the neglect of its famous urban fabric. The situation will worsen with sea-level rise relative to the land, as the Lagoon continues to evolve from a low-energy coastal marsh to a high-energy marine system. The proposed solution a system of mobile gates appears to be flawed in that it does not tackle some of the fundamental causes of these problems, or cope adequately with sealevel rise. For sustain…
Cyclone Mitigation, Resource Allocation and Post-disaster Reconstruction in South India
This paper opens with a history of development and disaster-prevention strategies in a cyclone-prone area of the east coast of India and traces the evolution in the area of British and Indian governments' programmes and policy over a century. Research over the last 20 years has shown however that the programmes and policies have failed to balance economic growth with safety. Resources intended for the benefit of all have been diverted by alliance…
Power, Choice and Vulnerability
Natural disasters make dramatic reading. Every year, some area of the world is devastated by a disaster, with enormous consequent loss of life and disruption to livelihoods. What can be done to alleviate this? Why are such disasters so lethal? Why do people expose themselves to such hazards? Do mitigation programmes help? What effect does aid really have on the areas that receive it? By examining one particular cyclone-prone area of Southern Indi…
Procedures and practices
These notes are aimed at anyone who wants to become or join an NGO in India. They are based on experience working in the Krishna Delta as a UK registered charity: the Divi Seema Foundation (DSF). Dire poverty and relative wealth live side by side in the same villages. Central concerns are lack of year-round employment, lack of essential services to the poorest areas and the overall indifference of local government officials. Effective NGOs requir…
Computer Science (3 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (3 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer security (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental planning (2 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (2 works)