The contents of this book consist of papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outc

As human population has continued to concentrate in urban areas, the number of people and the value of property affected by disasters, both natural and human-ge

Research presented at the 7th International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes is contained in this volume. T

The increase in the number of large-scale natural disasters in recent years has been alarming.Major fl oods, hurricanes, earthquakes and many others have affect

Today the world faces unparalleled threats from human-made disasters that can be attributed to failure of industrial and energy installation as well as to terro