TY - BOOK AU - Trivedi, Priya Ranjan Ed. AU - Trivedi, Tanuja Ed. TI - Future disasters SN - 8171393527 U1 - 363.34 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi PB - Jnanada Prakashan KW - Structural analysis (Engineering)--Data processing KW - Natural disasters KW - Emergency management KW - Automobiles -- Moteurs -- Gaz d'eĢchappement -- Grande-Bretagne KW - Tunnels -- Ventilation -- Grande-Bretagne KW - Automobiles -- Motors -- Exhaust gas KW - Tunnels -- Ventilation KW - Great Britain N1 - CONTENTS Preface (v) 1. What is a Disaster? 1 2. Man-made Disasters 21 3. Emergency Management 28 4 .Business Continuity Planning 46 5. Risks to Civilisation, Humans and Planet Earth57 6. Deforestation 70 7. Drought104 8. Climate Change Due to Global Warming 112 9. Famine151 10. Shutdown of Thermohaline Circulation 179 11 Hypercane 185 12. Impact Event 187 13. Extinction Event 203 14. Megathrust Earthquake 221 15. Over-consumption 249 16. Peak Oil263 17. Current Sea Level Rise 304 18. Technological Singularity 333 19. Terrorism347 20. Water Crisis Bibliography 363 Bibliography 376 Index 380 ER -