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.

Land degradation and land use; Drought and famines; deserts and desertification; and Groundwater over-exploitation, dryness and wildfires etc. are the major topics scientifically discussed in the present book.

The book will prove an asset for environmental and agricultural scientists besides the students and academics.