Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Vol. I. Introduction to Disaster Management Preface. 1. Contemporary natural and man made disasters. 2. Dimensions and typology of disasters. 3. Policy initiatives and future prospects. 4. Risk assessment and disaster management. 5. Disaster mitigation. 6. Case studies. Vol. II. Water Related Disasters and Hazards 7. Introduction. 8. Flood forecasting mitigation planning and management. 9. Flood hazards control and management. 10. Dams and Dambursts. 11. Tsunami and EI Nino. 12. Water and groundwater hazards. 13. Health and marine environment. 14. Coastal and marine degradation. 15. Marine pollution. 16. Techniques of marine pollution control. Appendices. Vol. III. Disastrous Effects of Global Warming Preface. 17. Greenhouse effect and global climate. 18. Global and regional perspective on global warming. Vol. IV. Pollution Related Disasters Preface. 19. UNCLOS III. 20. Air pollution and acid rain. 21. Ozone depletion. 22. Sea level rise. Vol. V. Land and Mass Movement Disasters Preface. 23. Land degradation and land use. 24. Groundwater over exploitation dryness and wildfires. 25. Mass movement hazards. 26. Droughts and famines. 27. Deserts and desertification. Vol. VI. Biodiversity and Biotechnology Related Disasters Preface. 28. Biodiversity extinction. 29. Deforestation and loss of biological diversity. 30. Biotechnology and genetic manipulation. 31. Biosafety and CBD. Vol. VII. Technological and Industrial Disasters Preface. 32. Introduction. 33. Case studies. 34. Mining disasters. 35. War chemicals and the environment. 36. International responses and action plans. Vol. VIII. Capacity Building for Disaster Management Preface. 37. Techno financial approaches to risk mitigation in Asia. 38. Role of insurance and reinsurance in managing financial risks due to natural catastrophic events. 39. Capacity building and public awareness. 40. Some capacity building initiatives in India on earthquake risk reduction. 41. Improving preparedness and reducing vulnerability in human settlements. 42. Assessment and monitoring of floods and agricultural drought using remotely sensed data Indian scenario. 43. Meteorological training and education with reference to natural disaster mitigation and management. 44. Disaster management for flood hazard in Bhandara District using remote sensing and GIS. 45. Natural disaster management through thermal remote sensing geographic information system and GPs in reference to coal mine fire hazards a case study of Jharia India. 46. Tapping the potential of remote sensing and GIS for drought monitoring. 47. Risk assessment of natural disasters mitigation and management strategies a study. 48. Disaster knowledge network. 49. Disaster prevention by regulating engineering profession a legislative framework for India. 50. Techno legal strategies for disaster risk mitigation. 51. Seismic performance examination of RC buildings as per Asian Concrete Model Code (ACMC 2001). 52. Generation of historical vulnerability indices using a desinventar database. 53. Development of information systems and networking for disaster management an overview. 54. Adequacy of existing Seismic Torsional provisions a critical review with recommendations. 55. Indian policy legislation and institutional arrangements for urban risk mitigation an argument for right based approach. 56. Important elements of disaster management for practitioners. 57. Financing of disaster mitigation problems and prospects. 58. Disaster knowledge network a step towards effective natural disaster management. 59. Educating communities to sustain economic health in the face of disasters. 60. Socio economic effects of landslides and floods with a technical perspective. 61. Financing of disaster mitigation management in power sector NHPC perspective. 62. Scale down method for disaster management. 63. Socio economic dimensions of natural disasters in India suggested strategies for mitigations. 64. Role of insurance and reinsurance in disaster risk manag. Seller Inventory # 64444

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