Flood and Fury

Name: Flood and Fury
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: B Viju
ISBN: 9780143498131

Author: B Viju

Narrator: Ashish Bhandari

Unabridged: 7 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 12/03/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Nature, Environmental Conservation & Protection

Synopsis

The floods that devastated large parts of Kerala in 2018 were not an isolated, freak phenomenon; rather, they signalled something graver-the ecological devastation of the Western Ghats.Made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012, the Ghats have become increasingly vulnerable to serious ecological damage, threatening the sustenance of their people. The 2018 floods were a wake-up call for the region spanning 1600 kilometres and six states-Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat-that form an ecosystem older than the Himalayas.Travelling in this region, documenting the devastating large-scale mining, quarrying, deforestation and mismanagement of water resources, at the same time mapping its culture, history and ecology, Viju B. investigates the crisis in the Western Ghats and suggests policy measures urgently required to mitigate it.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Umesh on November 01, 2019

The book's release coincided with the first anniversary of the catastrophic 2018 Kerala floods . The book's "success" lies in the fact that it keeps arguing that the 2018 floods is not an one-off event and sadly,the book's release was greeted with the second bout of floods and landslides in consecut......more

Goodreads review by Shreya on December 03, 2019

Covers tribals' opinions and how they led a sustainable life before.......more

Goodreads review by Jisha on August 18, 2019

You can agree or disagree on discussions linking recent floods and landslides on human interventions, but this book will make us understand the need to preserve our most valuable asset - the Western Ghats. Where jargon-ridden scientific reports and one-sided advocacy by environmentalists failed, the......more

Goodreads review by Preeti on September 08, 2019

Flood and fury ignites a thought-provoking read that drew me in from the first chapter and it's takes you through a journey of known- unknown. A remarkable book with easy-flowing narratives and conversations . Knowledge of natural disaster has never been more ubiquitous Fantastic effort by the author......more