Legal, Institutional, and Community Dimensions of Disaster Risk Reduction in India: Integrating Ecology, Policy, and Global Frameworks

📘 Title of the Research Paper Legal, Institutional, and Community Dimensions of Disaster Risk Reduction in India: Integrating Ecology, Policy, and Global Frameworks 👤 Author Description (Author + Affiliation + Designation) Mr. Ganesh Shrirang Nale (Satarkar)Department of SociologyCentral University of HaryanaMahendragarh – 123031, Haryana, India 📧 Email: ganeshnale0@gmail.com📱 Mobile: +91 7066766607 🔑 Keywords and Subjects (Paragraph Format) This research paper focuses on core themes including Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, and the role of institutional bodies such as the National Disaster Management Authority. It examines concepts of community resilience, participatory governance, ecosystem services, environmental sustainability, and disaster literacy. The study also integrates global development agendas like the Sustainable Development Goals, alongside social justice, climate change, public policy, and risk mapping approaches. The subject domain spans disaster management, environmental studies, public administration, sociology, and policy studies, offering an interdisciplinary perspective on resilience and sustainable development. 📄 Publishing Information Details Journal Name: PERINOLA JOURNALISSN: 1342-0267Volume: 16Issue: 04Year: 2026Pages: 1–13 Publisher Type: Peer-Reviewed Academic JournalDiscipline: Interdisciplinary (Disaster Management, Sociology, Environmental Studies, Public Policy) 📚 Reference List (APA Style – Expanded Sample) (Proper APA format – refined and extended) Government of India. (2005). Disaster Management Act, 2005. New Delhi: Government of India. National Disaster Management Authority. (2009). National Policy on Disaster Management. New Delhi: NDMA. National Disaster Management Authority. (2019). National Disaster Management Plan. New Delhi: NDMA. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. (2015). Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. Geneva: UNDRR. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. (2005). Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015. Geneva: UNISDR. United Nations. (1994). Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World. Yokohama: UN. United Nations. (2015). Transforming our world: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. New York: UN. Wisner, B., Blaikie, P., Cannon, T., & Davis, I. (2004). At Risk: Natural hazards, people’s vulnerability and disasters. London: Routledge. Blaikie, P., Cannon, T., Davis, I., & Wisner, B. (1994). At Risk: Natural hazards, people’s vulnerability and disasters. London: Routledge. Cutter, S. L. (2003). The vulnerability of science and the science of vulnerability. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93(1), 1–12. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (2021). Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. World Bank. (2010). Natural Hazards, Unnatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention. Washington, DC: World Bank. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). (2014). Human Development Report. New York: UNDP. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). (2018). World Disasters Report. Geneva: IFRC. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. (2014). Environmental Policy of India. New Delhi: Government of India. Tierney, K. (2014). The social roots of risk. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Alexander, D. (2002). Principles of Emergency Planning and Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press. UN-Habitat. (2016). Urbanization and Development: Emerging Futures. Nairobi: UN-Habitat. Kelman, I. (2015). Climate change and the Sendai Framework. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 6(2), 117–127. Shaw, R., & Izumi, T. (2014). Civil society organization and disaster risk reduction. Tokyo: Springer.