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The Problems Induced by the Constructed Environment
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- Title: The Problems Induced by the Constructed Environment: A Case of the September 2011 Floods in Orissa, India
- Author(s): Niharika Mohapatra
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: The Constructed Environment
- Journal Title: The International Journal of the Constructed Environment
- Keywords: Orissa, Disasters, Human Agency, Flood
- Volume: 2
- Issue: 3
- Date: August 22, 2012
- ISSN: 2154-8587 (Print)
- ISSN: 2154-8595 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8587/CGP/v02i03/37329
- Citation: Mohapatra, Niharika. 2012. "The Problems Induced by the Constructed Environment: A Case of the September 2011 Floods in Orissa, India." The International Journal of the Constructed Environment 2 (3): 211-218. doi:10.18848/2154-8587/CGP/v02i03/37329.
- Extent: 8 pages
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Abstract
Disasters, be it natural, human-made or technological, are social events, which reflect human decisions about the organization of social life in the physical environment. By taking the case of the recent September 2011 flood in Orissa, I attempt to analyze this aspect in this paper.
