Section 1: Natural Disaster Management 1.Fire Disaster: Challenges, Opportunities and its Management- A Case Study of Australia 3 Joan Schreijaeg-Gilmour 2. Challenges of Flood Disaster Management: A Case Study Noida 15 R.B. Singh and Swarnima Singh 3. Global Warming: Challenges for Food Security in India 31 Mohinder Singh Kadayan 4.Landslide Disasters and its Management 41 Alpana Parmor and Sheet Kitmar 5.Flood Disaster: Its Impact, Challenges and Management in India 57 Rajesh Kumar Abhay 6.Earthquake Hazard Management 67 Sheel Kumar Section 2: Man Made Disasters 7.Temporal Transport Hazard Dynamics: A Case Study of Delhi 95 R.B. Singh and Swarnima Singh 8.Solid Waste Management: Post-Disaster 113 Bharat Jhamnani and S.K. Singh 9.Preliminary Assessment of Impact of Tsunami on the Nutrient and Sediment Dynamics in the Pichavaram Mangrove Ecosystem, India 119 A.L. Ramaiiathan, Rajesh Kumar Ranjan and M. Bala Krishna Prasad 10. AIDS: Health Disaster, Challenges and its Management in Delhi 131 Neetu Malik 11. A Threat of Bio-terrorism in Mega Cities 157 Anand Shukla 12. Antibacterial Activity of Some Botano-Extracts Against Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Pseudomonas syringae 173 S. K. Bhardwaj 13. Technological Hazards: Man-Made Disasters 183 Surender Singh 14. Climate Change and Vulnerability of Coastal Mega Cities 193 Shyamoli Sen and Sushmita Goswami 15. Fire Hazard Management in Urban Areas 209 Ms. Vidhi Saluja & Sheel Kumar Section 3: Roleof Technology in Disaster Management 16. Future Applications and Challenges of Remote Sensing, GPS and CIS in Disaster Management in India 223 Jagbir Singh 17. Fire Disaster and its Possible Management through CIS Technology in Delhi 255 Anupma Verma 18. Avalanches Problem in India and the Role of GIS. Remote Sensing and Information Technology in its Mitigation 267 Sabina Walia Section 4: Community Preparedness 19. Vulnerability Analysis and Mitigation: Key to Disaster Management 283 R.B. Singh 20. Partnership Development with VBOs in Disaster Management in Delhi 299 Biranchi Rout and Vijay Ummidi 21. The Impact of Tsunami on the Groundwater Quality in Tamilnadu, South East Coast of India 305 Ramanathan AL, Chidambaram and Senthil Kumar G 22. Role of Tourism Business Firms in Disaster Management Strategies317 P.V. Khatri 23. Impact of Tsunami on Coastal Zones 329 Senthil Kumar G and S. Chidambaram 24. Challenges and Opportunities to Disaster Management in India 341 Swati Thakur