Technological hazards are primarily seen as major ‘man-made’ accidents.
This book contains valuable information on different technological disasters, which is collected from authoritative source. Mining disasters; War, chemicals and the environmental responses and action plans are scientifically X-rayed in this volume.

Remote sensing technology is today widely used in the survey and management of natural resources. The present book contains much informative and well-researched articles, contributed by eminent academics and scientists in the field. Topics like Ground Water Prospecting through Remote Sensing; Data Integration in Geographic Information System and Its Efficacy; Highlights of Advanced Technologies in Remote Sensing; Utility of GIS and Image Processing Methods for Agro-based Commercial Ventures; Remote Sensing Methodologies for Indian Small Scale Mining Industry; Filtering Applications in Geosciences; Integration of Collateral Data with Remote Sensing Data; Ground Water Budgeting Through Satellite Data; Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic in Remote Sensing; Image Enhancement Analysis for Improving Classification Accuracy Over Vegetated Areas; Evidence Classifier for Land Use/Land Cover Classification; Morphological Image Processing; Integration of SPOT and SAR Images for Monitoring of Environmental Changes by a Fuzzy Neural Network; Correlation of LANDSAT images to Resistivity and Seismic Structures in a Sedimentary Basin; Novel Vegetation Indices for Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll Contents in Higher Plants; Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll; Evaluation of Groundwater Potentials in Hard Rock Terrains Through Geomorphic Mapping; Application of Remote Sensing to Land Slide Studies; Use of Remotely Sensed Data to Study and  Arid Terrain, Wadi Tabalah Area, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Application of Remote Sensing Technology in Mapping and Monitoring Salt Affected Soils; Lineament Mapping on Satellite Images for Deciphering Hydrogeologic Situation in Banas River Basin, etc. Researchers, scientists and academics will find this book of utmost use.

The past few decades has seen an unprecedented accumulation of knowledge concerning environmental science. School, College and University courses, initially structured to meet the growing demand for environmental awareness has become an uphill struggle for teacher and student alike. Teachers, instructors, lecturers and professors invariably specialists in any one the number of disciplines have to garner information from journals quite remote from their own fields. This is really a time consuming job and is likely to be avoided by everyone. Even after relevant information is gathered, the rational organization of the material has become a logistic problem.
It is against such a background that Encyclopaedia of Environmental Sciences has been written to meet the demands of an audience having many different specializations. The different volumes contain detailed information both text and case on topics and issues relating to ecology, pollution control, environmental impact assessment, pollution monitoring in mining, petrochemical, textile, rubber, alcohol, sugar, pharmaceuticals and other chemical industries.

The primary goal of preparing these volumes is to present a balanced view of the diversity of issues that relate to the environment and to provide the fundamental information that will allow students to understand the complexities of those issues. The other goal for preparing these volumes is to focus on underlying principles and the exciting advances in understanding that have characterized the last decade of environmental science.

Environmental Water and Soil analysis is a serious attempt to deal with sampling and quantitative techniques, which are being used for measurement of a wide variety of physical, chemical and biological parameters of water and soil environments. Every effort has been made to include the modern techniques of quantitative analysis, which are mainly used these days. Chemical reactions and principals involved have been deliberately involved have been deliberately not included so as to avoid complexity of mater. This book will serve as a useful manual for all environmentalists including students of environmental studies, biological science, engineers, doctors, health techniques and agriculture scientists, actively involved in the environmental analysis of water and soil.