"Disasters are an unpleasant subject for any organisation. We can minimise losses both human and property, but we cannot prevent them. Disaster is all around us and possibly within us, as even our own cells can ricochet out of bounds.

Disaster management is rather a new branch of study which has drawn attention of geologists, environmentalists forestry and biological scientist in recent years--when due to sharp deterioration in environmental conditions brought the human survival at the brink of extinction.

This book will prove most useful and informative to researchers, students, teachers and professional scientists from different branches of science."