A disaster is defined as a serious disruption of the functioning of society, causing widespread human, material or environmental losses which exceed the ability of affected society to cope on its own resources. In fact, this clearly implies that the poor 1st ed. viii+262p.

Indian sub-continent falls within a geographic area where natural calamities are common phenomena. Its unique sub-continental dimensions coupled with factors like its geographical location and the behaviour of monsoon make it one of the most hazardprone c 1st ed. viii+274p.

Man is facing the havoc of natural disasters since the dawn of human civilisation on our planet earth. Earthquakes, floods, landslides, wildfire, cyclones, tornado, avalanche etc. were the earliest forms of natural disasters. With the development of civil 1st ed. viii+272p.

In fact, disasters are followed by a great loss of livers, property, environment and physical infrastructure, basically hazards and disasters can be classified in two categories –natural manmade. The occurrence of Natural disasters like floods, earthquake 1st ed. viii+262p.; viii+267p.; viii+272p.; viii+279p.; viii+274p., Tables; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.

The entire globe is vulnerable to disasters man--made or natural. Recent earthquake is Pakistan and India (2005); tsunami in Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Sri Lanka; Katerina in USA etc., have been frequently reminding us that we are vulnerable to disast 1st ed. x+268p.

It is well known fact the man and disasters have had long association. Since very old times man have been experiencing natural disasters. In fact disaster vulnerability is a common phenomenon. Apart from natural disasters, in recent times man-made disaste 1st ed. viii+280p.

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. People and environment. 3. Environmental pollution. 4. Global environmental issues. 5. Environmental problems in India. 6. Management of natural resources. 7. Environmental education. Index. "In this present age, when every one is aware of the importance of sustainable environment, training the mass in environment management is the need of hours. It is necessary to change people's attitudes with regard to the environment. A new environmental behaviour is necessary, in which quantitative demands and confrontation must be replaced by qualitative appreciation and coordination. "This book presents the most useful information on sustainable development. It will prove an authoritative reference book for students, scholars and academics,besides the biological and environmental scientists and activists." ( jacket) No. 22586

Contents Vol. I Introduction to Disaster Management Preface. 1. Disaster an introduction. 2. Disaster through ages. 3. Apartheid forced removals a man made disaster. 4. Human behaviour and disaster review and response. 5. Environmentally sound management of solid wastes and sewage related issue. 6. Natural hazards research. 7. New face of disaster wars mortality poverty. 8. Industrial disasters/Hazards. 9. Disaster management act India. 10. Disaster survey and assessment. 11. Disaster training and control planning. Appendices. Glossary of terms. Bibliography. Index. Vol. II Global Disasters Vulnerability and Precautionary Principle Preface. 1. Vulnerability to natural disaster. 2. Disasters vulnerability equity and global environmental change. 3. Vulnerability to global environmental change. 4. Risk analysis and risk management. 5. Precautionary principle. 6. Applications of the precautionary principle. Glossary of terms. Bibliography. Index. Vol. III Disaster Management in the 21 Century Preface. 1. Introduction to risk management. 2. The dignity of risk. 3. Risk management for global environmental change. 4. Risk and imagining alternative futures. 5. Precautionary principle and posterity. 6. Standards and changing world of risk. 7. Managing risk for poor people. 8. The precautionary principle. 9. Precaution principle for environmental management. 10. Feminity and technological risk perception. Glossary of terms. Bibliography. Index. Vol. IV Disaster Vulnerability and Management in Global Perspective Preface. 1. Man made disasters an overview. 2. Issues in disaster mitigation. 3. Economic crises and natural disasters. 4. Crises and disasters. 5. Hazards crises and disasters in recent times. 6. Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean. 7. Disasters in Africa. 8. Disasters in Asia and the Pacific. 9. Disasters in Europe. 10. Disasters in the Polar areas. 11. Disasters in North America. 12. Emergency aid and development. Appendix. Glossary of terms. Bibliography. Index. Vol. V Disaster Management in India Relevant Acts and Rules Preface. 1. India's High Powered Committee (HPC) for preparation of disaster management plans (Interior) 2000. 2. Disaster management a comprehensive approach road map for a Plan Preparation Process (PPP). 3. Model state disaster management act. 4. Rules for the manufacture use import export and storage of hazardous micro organisms genetically engineered organisms or cells. 5. The Environment (Protection) Act 1986. 6. The coastal regulation zone notification. 7. National water (Prevention and control of pollution) rules 1975 National Water (Prevention and control of pollution) rules 1975. 8. The public liability insurance rules 1991. 9. National Maritime Zones Act. 10. The environment (Protection) rules 1986. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. In fact disasters are followed by a great loss of livers property environment and physical infrastructure. Basically hazards and disasters can be classified in two categories natural and man made. The occurrence of natural disasters like floods earthquake tsunami tornado landslides drought etc. cannot be prevented while man made disasters can be avoided by meticulous planning and precautions. With population explosion urbanisation and other commercial activities have grown up tremendously. As such man has started misuse abuse and overuse of natural resources. Deforestation tourism and other activities in snow clad areas or coastal zones industrialisation etc. have dwindled the ecobalance. Green house gases and industrial and vehicle smoke has caused ozone layer depletion. Nuclear tests in oceans and underground production of hazard chemical products has added to the problem of environmental pollution. These man made hazards have posed a challenge for survival of life (both fauna and flora) on the earth. Keeping in view the massive destruction need was felt for disaster and hazard management. Thus forewarning systems are developed. And arrangements are being made for relief and rehabilitation work in the aftermath of any natural or man made disaster.

Contents Vol. I I. Plenary lectures 1. Vision of coal India for future/Shashi Kumar. 2. Emerging issues in safety in Indian mines agenda for action/Bhaskar Bhattacharjee. 3. Mining in Asia towards a sustainable future/Ajay K. Ghose. 4. Sustainability in mineral development lessons from other parts of the world/Matthew Handley. II. Country status papers 1. Iran Status quo of mining in IRAN prospect for future development/Abbas Parwaresh. 2. Mongolia discovering new mineral opportunities/B. Batochir N. Bayambadorj and N. Byantogtokh. 3. Oman mineral deposits and mining at Sultanate of Oman current status and potentialities/Ratan Tatiya. 4. Pakistan Reviewing the development of mineral industry and government initiatives in Pakistan/Naseem Aadil and Monsoor Iqbal. 5. Russia Mining in the Asian Part of Russia potential economy manpower and engineering personnel/L.A. Puchkov and V.L. Petrov. 6. Turkey Mineral wealth of Turkey resources and utilization/Sinasi Eskikaya. 7. India i. Mineral and mining Stewardship in India special outlook on coal/S. Chaudhury. ii. Indian non coal mining sector and its future directions/C.P. Ambesh. III. Technical session IA Topic technology developments in underground coal mining 1. Underground coal mining in India system improvement hold the key/S.P. Mathur. 2. New age diesel equipment for the global underground coal mining industry/Tony Scott. 3. Management and analysis of mining induced stresses for strata control during underground coal mining/Rajendra Singh A.K. Singh P.K. Mondal and Rakesh Kumar. 4. Suitability of fly ash as a stowing material for underground coal mines some studies/C.N. Ghosh P.K. Mondal and Prashant. 5. Numerical modeling of the caving behaviour of massive strata at a shallow depth longwall panel and dynamic loading effect/G.S.P. Singh and U.K. Singh. 6. Settling characteristics of fly ash of Talcher Thermal Power Station/Samir Kumar Das Hemant Kumar and D.P. Mishra. 7. Frequency control system for improving efficiency of conventional coal mine hauler efficiency/Srinivasulu Tadisetty and R.N. Gupta. IV. Technical Session IB Topic Development of mineral industry 1. Development of non ferrous metal industry in India/S.K. Choudhuri. 2. Rock phosphate a fertilizer resource in India an overview/T.N. Jaggi. 3. Envisioning the demand of Iron Ore in India/R.C. Srivastava and P.C. Naik. 4. Prospect of Uranium in India/S.N. Murthy Y.V. Rao Sourav Khare and M. Aruna. 5. Base metal mineralisation in the Nepal Himalaya/C.K. Chakrabarty A.K. Ghosh and B.N. Upreti. 6. Comprehensive mining/B.C. Bhattacharya. 7. Various aspects of oil and its analysis/S.G. Sajay Kumar. V. Technical Session IIA Topic Technology Developments in Underground Coal Mining 1. Longwall top coal caving mining technology developments in Yanzhou Mining Area/Jin Tai. 2. Suitability evaluation of the High efficiency long wall fully mechanized top coal caving technology and its application in China/LIU Chang You HUANG Pei Ju WU Fengfeng and Wang Zhen. 3. The need to fully mechanized underground coal mine in India/David Johnson. 4. Longwall mining in India Quo Vadis/S.K. Sarkar and A.K. Ghose. 5. Technical and legal issues on risk assessment for longwall operations/C. Pinnow. 6. Prediction of main fall span at a longwall panel by numerical modeling a case study/G. Banerjee M.T. Rahaman S.B. Srivastava and P.R. Sheorey. 7. Geo statistical modelling of coal seams in Jharia coalfields using kriging and simulated annealing simulation/Bhavesh C. Sarkar Kalyan Saikya and P.P. Paul. VI. Technical Session IIB Topic technology developments in mining of minerals 1. Why minerals and mining in the prevalent scenario/Ratan Tatiya. 2. Mine designing for sustainable exploitation of uranium reserve in India/Diwakar Acharya and Malay Daripa. 3. Uranium mining in India Technological and geo mining challenges/A. Ghade and Vir Pratap. 4. Maintenance performance management the need of the hour for the mechanized mining industry/Uday Kumar and Aditya Pardia. 5. Production scheduling for surface mining operations an application of Surpac software to a limestone deposit/S. Choudhury and B.S. Sastry. 6. Effect of deepening of surface mine on hydrogeological regime of area a case study of limestone mining in India/A.K. Soni. 7. Mining truck performance optimisation/Pinaki Chatterjee. VII. Technical Session IIIA Topic New Technology in coal mining 1. Revitalisation of Jharia coalfield to meet growing coking coal demand of steel industry/P.S. Bhattacharyya. 2. Paradigm shift in coal mining technology a success story of MCL Abhiram Sharma B.R. Tripathi and G.K. Mishra. 3. Modern coal mining technology and road map for bridging energy challenges/Lakshman Jha. 4. Large Shovels the reality/Ian F. Grant. 5. Development of electronic Detonator a step jump in initiating system with some case studies in Indian coal mines/N.C. Jha. 6. Overburden side casting by blasting operating large opencast coal mines in a cost effective way/Partha Das Sh

Asia possesses largest share of mineral resources in the world, much of which remains untapped. The mineral industry has to gear up and accelerate the pace of exploitation of its mineral resources to meet the increased demand of raw materials for the deve 1st ed. xiii+622p., xiii+623-686p.; Tables; Figures; Maps; References; Plates; 28cm.