Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Basics of Disaster -- 1.1. Understanding the concept and meaning of disaster -- 1.2. Classification of disasters -- 1.2.1. Other categories of disasters -- 1.3. Aggravating factors of disasters -- 1.4. Impact of disasters -- 1.5. Hazard meaning and concept -- 1.6. Types of hazards -- 1.6.1. Other types of hazards -- 1.7. Characteristic features of hazard/disaster -- 1.8. Disaster management terminology -- 1.9. Vulnerability -- 1.10. Types of vulnerability -- 1.11. Disaster management: meaning and concept -- 1.12. Role of different agencies in disaster management -- 1.13. Modern management of disasters -- 1.14. Disaster risk reduction -- 1.15. Applications of information technology in DRR -- 1.16. Application of GIS in DRR -- 1.17. Disaster management cycle -- 1.18. Disaster Management Act -- 1.18.1. Chapters of Disaster Management Act, 2005 -- 1.18.2. Disaster Management Act, 2005 framework -- 1.19. Disaster preparedness plan -- 1.20. Questions -- 1.21. Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) -- Chapter 2. Understanding Natural Disasters -- 2.1. Earthquakes -- 2.1.1. Meaning and concept -- 2.1.2. Earthquake-related terms -- 2.1.3. Types of earthquakes -- 2.1.4. Causes of earthquakes -- 2.1.5. Types of plate boundaries -- 2.1.6. Earthquake risk zones of India -- 2.1.7. Some damaging earthquakes in India -- 2.1.8. Effects of earthquakes -- 2.1.9. Preparedness and mitigation measures -- 2.2. Floods -- 2.2.1. Meaning and concept -- 2.2.2. Types of floods -- 2.2.3. Causes of floods -- 2.2.4. Flood-prone regions of India -- 2.2.5. Worst flood disasters in India -- 2.2.6. Impact of floods -- 2.2.7. Mitigation measures for floods -- 2.3. Landslides -- 2.3.1. Meaning and concept -- 2.3.2. Types of landslides -- 2.3.3. Causes of landslides -- 2.3.4. Landslide-prone regions of India.

2.3.5. Effects of landslides -- 2.3.6. Mitigation measures of landslides -- 2.3.7. Safety tips -- 2.4. Cyclones -- 2.4.1. Introduction to cyclones -- 2.4.2. Types of cyclones -- 2.4.3. Conditions for formation of cyclones -- 2.4.4. Cyclone-prone regions -- 2.4.5. Recent case studies of cyclones -- 2.4.6. Effects of cyclones -- 2.4.7. Mitigation and preparedness -- 2.4.8. Cyclone warning system -- 2.5. Tsunamis -- 2.5.1. Meaning and concept -- 2.5.2. Causes of tsunamis -- 2.5.3. Case studies of tsunamis -- 2.5.4. Effects of tsunamis -- 2.5.5. Mitigation and preparedness -- 2.5.6. Safety tips -- 2.6. Volcanic eruptions -- 2.6.1. Meaning and concept -- 2.6.2. Classification of volcanoes -- 2.6.3. Causes of volcanic eruptions -- 2.6.4. Vulnerable areas -- 2.6.5. Effects of volcanic eruptions -- 2.6.6. Mitigation measures or risk reduction measures -- 2.6.7. Safety tips -- 2.7. Wildfires -- 2.7.1. Meaning and concept -- 2.7.2. Types of wildfires -- 2.7.3. Causes of wildfires -- 2.7.4. Forest fire prone regions of India -- 2.7.5. Impact of wildfires -- 2.7.6. Mitigation measures -- 2.8. Droughts -- 2.8.1. Meaning and nature -- 2.8.2. Types of droughts -- 2.8.3. Causes of droughts -- 2.8.4. Drought-prone regions of India -- 2.8.5. Impact of droughts -- 2.8.6. Drought management -- 2.9. Snow avalanches -- 2.9.1. Meaning and concept -- 2.9.2. Types of snow avalanches -- 2.9.3. Causes of snow avalanches -- 2.9.4. Snow avalanche-prone regions of India -- 2.9.5. Effects of snow avalanches -- 2.9.6. Preparedness and mitigation measures -- 2.10. Questions -- 2.11. Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) -- Chapter 3. Human-induced Disasters -- 3.1. Transportation disasters -- 3.1.1. Meaning and concept -- 3.1.2. Causes of transportation disasters -- 3.1.3. Effects of transport disasters -- 3.1.4. Control measures of transportation disasters -- 3.1.5. Road safety tips.

3.2. Urban fires -- 3.2.1. Meaning and concept -- 3.2.2. Causes of urban fires -- 3.2.3. Effects of urban fires -- 3.2.4. Mitigation measures of urban fires -- 3.3. Biological disasters -- 3.3.1. Meaning and nature -- 3.3.2. NDMA guidelines for management of biohazards -- 3.3.3. Impact of biological hazards -- 3.3.4. Response and management -- 3.4. Nuclear (radiation) disasters -- 3.4.1. Meaning and concept -- 3.4.2. Causes of nuclear disasters -- 3.4.3. Some notable major nuclear disasters -- 3.4.4. Impact of nuclear disasters -- 3.4.5. Mitigation measures -- 3.4.6. Safety measures for nuclear hazards -- 3.5. Chemical disaster -- 3.5.1. Meaning and concept -- 3.5.2. Causes of chemical disasters -- 3.5.3. Some of the worst chemical disasters -- 3.5.4. Impact of chemical disasters -- 3.5.5. Prevention and mitigation -- 3.6. Technological disasters -- 3.6.1. Meaning and concept -- 3.6.2. Causes of technological disasters -- 3.6.3. Impact of technological disasters -- 3.6.4. Mitigation measures of technological disasters -- 3.7. Questions -- 3.8. Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) -- Chapter 4. Pollutions -- 4.1. Meaning and concept -- 4.2. Air pollution -- 4.2.1. Meaning and concept -- 4.2.2. Sources of air pollution -- 4.2.3. Effects of air pollution -- 4.2.4. Control measures of air pollution -- 4.3. Water pollution -- 4.3.1. Meaning and concept -- 4.3.2. Causes of water pollution -- 4.3.3. Effects of water pollution -- 4.3.4. Control measures of water pollution -- 4.4. Soil pollution -- 4.4.1. Meaning and concept -- 4.4.2. Causes of soil pollution -- 4.4.3. Effects of soil pollution -- 4.4.4. Mitigation measures of soil pollution -- 4.5. Noise pollution -- 4.5.1. Meaning and concept -- 4.5.2. Causes of noise pollution -- 4.5.3. Harmful effects of noise pollution -- 4.5.4. Control measures of noise pollution -- 4.6. Radioactive pollution.

4.6.1. Meaning and nature -- 4.6.2. Causes of radioactive pollution -- 4.6.3. Impact of radioactive pollution -- 4.6.4. Radioactive waste management -- 4.7. Plastic pollution -- 4.7.1. Causes of plastic pollution -- 4.7.2. Impact of plastic pollution -- 4.7.3. Mitigation strategies -- 4.8. Questions -- 4.9. Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) -- Chapter 5. Environmental Challenges -- 5.1. Climate change -- 5.1.1. Causes of climate change -- 5.1.2. Impact of climate change on global sustainability -- 5.1.3. Solution to combat climate change -- 5.2. Greenhouse effect -- 5.2.1. Factors contributing to greenhouse effect -- 5.2.2. Impact of greenhouse effect -- 5.2.3. Effective strategies for reducing GHG emissions -- 5.3. Ozone depletion -- 5.3.1. Causes of ozone depletion -- 5.3.2. Impact of ozone layer depletion -- 5.3.3. Mitigation measures -- 5.4. Global warming -- 5.4.1. Causes of global warming -- 5.4.2. Effects of global warming -- 5.4.3. Control measures -- 5.5. Desertification -- 5.5.1. Causes of desertification -- 5.5.2. Effects of desertification -- 5.5.3. Solution to desertification -- 5.6. Acid rain -- 5.6.1. Sources of acid rain -- 5.6.2. Effects of acid rain -- 5.6.3. Solution to control acid rain -- 5.7. Ocean acidification -- 5.7.1. Impact of ocean acidification -- 5.7.2. Mitigation and adaptation strategies -- 5.8. Urban waterlogging -- 5.8.1. Causes of waterlogging -- 5.8.2. Impact of urban waterlogging -- 5.8.3. Strategies to prevent waterlogging in urban areas -- 5.9. Questions -- 5.10. Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) -- References -- Index -- Other titles from ISTE in Ecological Science -- EULA.