Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar
Biographic Data
| ID | 6561971 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Umamaheshwaran |
| FAMILY NAME | Rajasekar |
| SIGNATURE | RAJASEKAR U |
| AFFILIATIONS | |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Flood-induced Loss and Damage to Textile Industry in Surat City, India
Indian coastal cities are susceptible to climate-induced disasters, like cyclonic storms, floods and sea-level rise, all while existing urbanization challenges amplify vulnerability. Enhancing a city’s resilience capacity is a pertinent issue when there are plans to re-develop several of India’s cities into ‘climate-smart’—this needs a comprehensive city-wide loss and damage assessment. For empirical purposes, this study attempts a loss and damag…
Addressing flooding in the city of Surat beyond its boundaries
This paper describes the flood risks faced by Surat, one of India’s most successful and also most flood-prone cities. The city is located on the Tapi River and faces flood risks not only from heavy precipitation in and around the city but also from heavy precipitation upstream and from high tides downstream. Reducing the risks from upstream depends on better water management in a water catchment area and dam reservoir located far outside the city…
Addressing flooding in the city of Surat beyond its boundaries
This paper describes the flood risks faced by Surat, one of India’s most successful and also most flood-prone cities. The city is located on the Tapi River and faces flood risks not only from heavy precipitation in and around the city but also from heavy precipitation upstream and from high tides downstream. Reducing the risks from upstream depends on better water management in a water catchment area and dam reservoir located far outside the city…
Addressing flooding in the city of Surat beyond its boundaries
This paper describes the flood risks faced by Surat, one of India’s most successful and also most flood-prone cities. The city is located on the Tapi River and faces flood risks not only from heavy precipitation in and around the city but also from heavy precipitation upstream and from high tides downstream. Reducing the risks from upstream depends on better water management in a water catchment area and dam reservoir located far outside the city…
Flood-induced Loss and Damage to Textile Industry in Surat City, India
Indian coastal cities are susceptible to climate-induced disasters, like cyclonic storms, floods and sea-level rise, all while existing urbanization challenges amplify vulnerability. Enhancing a city’s resilience capacity is a pertinent issue when there are plans to re-develop several of India’s cities into ‘climate-smart’—this needs a comprehensive city-wide loss and damage assessment. For empirical purposes, this study attempts a loss and damag…
Business (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Environmental planning (2 works) · Flood myth (2 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (1 works) · Downstream (manufacturing (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Economics (1 works)