Shabana Khan

• PhD
• Managing Director at Indian Research Academy, Delhi, India

The wide-ranging issues and impacts of the climate crisis may also include various cultural losses, such as the loss of traditional knowledge, practices, heritage sites, or sociocultural institutions. Frequently, extreme events necessitate risk communication with mixed legal implications. Although risk communication has evolved to address various c...

The COVID-19 pandemic required handling a clear communication of risk and community engagement. A gap is noted in scholarly studies portraying strong community engagement for risk handling, particularly in resource constrained regions in HCI community. This study covers community engagement and its use of technology during COVID-19 through a qualit...

There has been a consistent rise in urban disasters, particularly in developing countries located in tropical areas. Among various challenges of disaster risk management and climate change impacts, it is noted that most residents are poorly informed about their risk exposure or apposite response. The paper is based on the premise that one important...

In today's information age, both excess and lack of information can cause a disaster. COVID-19 pandemic not only highlighted the significance of risk communication but also pointed out several unintended and distressing consequences due to information gaps and miscommunications. Despite facing a common threat, the local communities suffered differe...

The cost of urban disasters has been consistently increasing, particularly in the cities of developing countries located across the tropics. Among various challenges of disaster risk management and climate change impacts, it is noted that most residents are poorly informed about their risk exposure and apposite response. The paper is based on the p...

The presence of multiple stakeholders, and their varied perceptions and unclear accountability, within the complicated institutional arrangements increase the complexity of water governance in Delhi. In such context, it is highly crucial for stakeholders to well-interpret risks for effective decision-making to tackle water-related hazards. This stu...

This brief focuses on empowering the youth to act on climate change and environmental protection by strengthening formal and informal environmental and sustainability education. Environmental education is the foundation for problem recognition and solving. The G20 is in a powerful position to exercise environmental and climate leadership by mandati...

In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, our NYU Langone Health Tisch/Kimmel/Orthopedic Hospital Consultation-Liaison (CL) Psychiatry service underwent a multifaceted transformation to become a primarily Virtual CL Psychiatry service. We aimed to provide the hospital system with comprehensive psychiatric consultation for all...

In contrast to the momentous literature on risk communication before and during disasters, studies addressing the significance of communication in post disaster recovery and reconstruction phase are limited. This paper aims to fill this gap by paying special attention to the cross-scale interactions and communications in the phase that has a potent...

Communication is fundamental to the transfer of information between individuals, agencies and organizations, and therefore, it is crucial to planning and decision-making particularly in cases of uncertainty and risk. This paper brings forth some critical aspects of communication that need to be acknowledged and considered while managing risks. Most...

Climate change is often stated as being likely to cause the forced movement of millions of people, especially from low-lying island communities. Without denying such potential, these statements are not always placed in wider and deeper understandings of mobility and non-mobility. Instead, the mobilities literature demonstrates the complexity of the...

Producing Near Real Time Information: International Responses to the April 2015 Gorkha-Nepal Earthquake Shona L. van Zijll de Jong, Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada Shabana Khan, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India Diane Keogh, International Centre for Applied Climate Sciences (ICACS), University...

Producing Near Real Time Information: International Responses to the April 2015 Gorkha-Nepal Earthquake Shona L. van Zijll de Jong, Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada Shabana Khan, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India Diane Keogh, International Centre for Applied Climate Sciences (ICACS), University o...

Individual Voices in Big Data Legends: The 2015 Gorkha-Nepal Earthquake Shona L. van Zijll de Jong, Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada Shabana Khan, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India Diane Keogh, International Centre for Applied Climate Sciences (ICACS), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba...

Scenario building and related analysis is useful in several fields, ranging from military and business planning to its more recent applications in addressing global challenges such as climate change or economic crises. This chapter provides an overview of scenario building in urban governance. It introduces a corporate case (Shell) and then uses ca...

The paper reports on the World Social Science (WSS) Fellows seminar on Risk Interpretation and Action RIA), undertaken in New Zealand in December, 2013. This seminar was coordinated by the WSS Fellows program of the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the RIA working group of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) program, the IRD...

The paper reports onfive early career researchers from around the world were selected to review the RIA framework under the theme of 'decision-making under conditions of uncertainty', and develop novel theoretical approaches to respond to and improve this framework. Six working groups emerged during the seminar: 1. the assessment of water-related r...

Disasters are frequent, ongoing and very likely to increase in the future with global climate change. Significant investments in hazard mitigation, policies and emergency management have so far failed to stop disasters. Their recurrences suggest that either there are some gaps in the current response or a different perspective is needed on the way...

An understanding of vulnerability is not only crucial for the survival of the exposed communities to extreme events, but also for their adaptation to climate change. Vulnerability affects community participation in hazard mitigation, influences emergency response and governs adaptive capacity for the changing environmental and hazards characteristi...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore aspects of migration from islands in the context of disasters including climate change. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a conceptual exploration reviewing strengths and limitations of key literature. Findings – The paper finds that not much work goes into sufficient depth to understand...

The biophysical characteristics of a place not only bring variations in natural hazards, but also influence people’s associated perception and response to the hazard. Although these influences are noted in the literature, their relationship has been less explored for planning hazard mitigation and disaster response. This paper evaluates the role of...

This thesis defines and explores the hazardscape of the Wellington Region and investigates its influences on variations in the hazard response from local people and administration throughout the region. The research first identifies and argues for a holistic conceptual framework such as 'hazardscape' to study multiple hazards and associated issues...