About the Book The main purpose of this book is to provide a very basic and an introductory text on hazards and disasters for university and college students of Disaster Management, Geography, Environmental Sciences, Management Sciences and many other related disciplines as well as professionals. The book will also be useful for the candidates of various competitive and entry test examinations. The book covers almost all types of hazards and disasters including Geo-physical, Hydro-meteorological, Environmental, Anthropogenic, Technological, Rapid-on-set and Slow-on-set events, which directly and indirectly affect and threaten human lives, properties and ecosystems on community scale. Within this context the book assesses the risk and threats posed by such a variety of hazards and disasters as a whole to outline the overall perspective of actions preventing, reducing and modifying the disaster potential. The book is organized into 17 chapters as a whole. The first chapter is dedicated t...