TY - BOOK AU - Gupta, Harsh K. Ed. TI - Disaster management SN - 8173714568 U1 - 363.3406 PY - 2007/// CY - Hyderabad PB - Universities Press (India) Ltd. N1 - CONTENTS Foreward v 1. Vegetal Cover and Natural Disaster Mangement in Himalaya - P. S. Ramakrishnan 1 2. The Spatio-temporal aspects of Monsoon Floods in India : Implications for Flood Hazard Management - Vishwas S. kale 3. Monitoring and Forecasting of Tropical Cyclones and their Associated Effects - S. R. Kalsi 48 4. A New Seismic Hazard Map for the Indian Plate Region under the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment programme - M. Ravi Kumar and S. C. Bhatia 85 5. Major and Great Earthquakes in the Himalayan Region : An Overview - H. Gupta 100 6. Two Great landslide Tragedies of India - R. K. Bhandari 110 7. Droughts - D. P. Rao 128 Index 143 ER -