‘Green House effect’, ‘Ozone layer depletion’, frequent earthquakes, ‘Bhopal Gas Tragedy,’ ‘Chernobyl tragedy’, complete extinction of many species of fauna and flora from the face of the earth and more particularly rapidly deteriorating environmental- ecological conditions have made the human survival itself a question.

Whether natural calamities or man- made disasters, scientists and scholars from different branches of humanities and pure sciences have felt the need of the proper and systematic study of disasters and their management.

The Encyclopaedia of Disaster Management is the pioneering effort in the direction of compiling valuable information about different sorts of Disasters at one place. Volume-wise organization of the encyclopaedia is : Introduction to disaster Management; Atmospheric Disasters; Land-related Disasters; Forest Related Disasters; Geological and Mass movement Disasters; Wind and Water Driven Disasters; Coastal and Marine Disasters; Human Population and Related Disasters; and Technological Disasters.

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.

Flood hazards, control and management; Dams and dam bursts; Tsunami and EI Nino; Water and groundwater hazards; and sea level rise etc. are the topics scientifically discussed in the present book.

This book will serve as an authoritative source book for Hydrologists, marine scientists and meteorologists besides administrators in different governmental bodies.

Greenhouse effect and global climate; Air pollution and acid rain; Ozone depletion; and Global and regional perspectives on global warming are the topics elaborately discussed in the present book.

Environmental scientists besides all those concerned with environmental preservation and conservation will found this book as an important reference work.