Introduction

Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan 

Part 1:

Chapter 1: Overview of H-EDRM and health issues in DRR: Practices and challengesEmily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan

Part 2:

Chapter 2: Public health prevention hierarchy in disaster contextEmily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chapter 3: Key public health challenges for H-EDRM in the twenty-first century: Demographic and epidemiological transitionsEmily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chapter 4: Evidence gaps in bottom-up resilience building of H-EDRM in AsiaEmily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chapter 5: H-EDRM in international policy agenda I: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan 

Chapter 6: H-EDRM in international policy agenda III: Paris climate agreementEmily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan 

Chapter 7: H-EDRM in international policy agenda IV: 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and New Urban Agenda (Habitat III)Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan, and Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Part 3:

Chapter 8: Health issues and DRR in India: Some reflectionsR. Krishnamurthy, University of Madras, India 

Chapter 9: Health issues and disaster risk reduction perspectives in ChinaEmily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chapter 10: Health emergencies and DRR in Pakistan: examples and achievementsAtta-ur Rahman, University of Peshawar, Pakistan 

Chapter 11: Bangladesh public health issues and implications to flood risk reductionAkiko Matsuyama and Maiko Sakamoto, University of Tokyo, Japan 

Chapter 12: Epi-Nurse: health emergency perspectives in NepalSakiko Kanbara, Kochi University, Japan 

Chapter 13: Health emergency and public involvement in PhilippinesMa. Regina Justina E. Estuar, Ateneo University, Philippines

Chapter 14: Smart water solutions for health emergency in he delta region of BengalBhaswati Ray, University of Calcutta, India, Md. Anwarul Abedin, Bangladesh Agriculture University and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan  

Chapter 15: Community networking for healthcare in case of disaster: Examples from small and medium sized cities in JapanKenji Isayama, Hiroshima International University, Japan and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan 

Part 4:

Chapter 16: Future perspectives of H-EDRM and risk reduction in Asia Emily Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan