Introduction to Disaster Management

Disaster control and mitigation measures have been gradually attaining a level where it could be called a subject to be extensively taught or practised.Contemporary natural and man-made disasters; Dimensions and typology of disasters; Risk assessment and disaster management; policy initiatives and future prospects; case studies; and disaster mitigation are the themes elaborately discussed in the present volume. Geologists, environmental scientists and meteorologists will find this volume a mine of authoritative information.