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This book ‘Disaster Management Hazard and Risk Awareness: A Comprehensive Approach’ provides various concepts and knowledge on all the hazards, disasters and the risk associated with them. The book develops the mitigation skill too. All the functions and responsibilities of disaster manager are discussed. Both the types of disasters, natural (such as Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcano, Floods, Cyclone, Heat/Cold Waves, Avalanche, Blizzard, Drought/ Famine and Epidemics) and manmade (like Wars, Terrorism, Violence, Air/ Marine/ Rail/ Road Accidents, Soil Erosion, Pollution. Acid Rains and so forth) are sufficiently from fundamentals to advancements in concepts while narrating the historical records of oldest to latest. It aims at providing an insight into various mitigating, rescuing, rehabilitating and recovering techniques, and awareness on safety and security measures in hazard prone areas as well as the preparedness, resisting, avoiding methods when Disaster is expected to occur.
The special features in this book are
Coverage of all the topics of disasters and its mitigation and management
Visualization of concepts through thought provoking Cartoons
Lucid presentation and simple language
The self assessment questionnaire at every topic.
Short Answer type and Long Answer type questions with sufficient number of illustrations
Interesting O'My Silent Inner Vibes -‘O’M SIV’, The tales and narratives which could touch your heart
The case studies, situation analyses and topics mini/major projects
The latest developments under ‘O MY God (OMG)?’ and some tips to remember
Smaller chapters with practical examples and comparisons wherever required.
