CONENTS Preface 1 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND DISASTER: MEANING AND CONCEPT by -Dr.D.K. Thakur 1 - 62 2. VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION-KEY TO DISASTER MANAGEMENT by -R. B. Singh 63 - 69 3. NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS: MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by -Prof. B.L Teli 71 - 76 4. ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNOLOGY by -Rajesh Kumar and Girdhari La! Yadav 77 - 85 5. MAJOR INDIAN EARTHQUAKES (AFTER 1956) & ITS IMPACT ON INDIAN ECONOMY by -Ravindra Prtttap Singh87 - 99 6. DEVELOPING AN ASIAN TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM by -Naresh Knmar Verma 101 - 107 7. DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN INDIA by -Dr. L K. Rao 109 - 114 8- GROUND WATER DEPLETION IN SOUTHWEST HARYANA by -Dr, R-N.Yadav 115 - 123 9.CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOC1ETY-.A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE by -Dr. M. M. Sheikh, Ravinder Kumar, Mrs. Bipin Mandar125-136 10. DEGRADATION OF NATURAL VEGETATION IS A BIG HAZARD IN SHEKHAWATI REGION-RAJ ASTHAN by -Dr. Rajendra Achra137-145 11. APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND CIS FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT by-Dr.B. C.Jat147-153 12. ROLE OF VEGETATION - AGRO SYSTEM TO CHECK NATURAL HAZARDS IN THE MOUNTAINS by -S. K. Bandooni and Jagat singh Chaudhary Junglee155-167 13. EL-NINOCAUSES AND IT'S IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENT by -Dr.5. L. Choprn and Mukesh Kumar Chopra169-184 14. FLUORIDE TOX1CITY AN ALARMING HAZARDS IN DEVELOPING WORLD by -R<wz Maheshwari and Beena Raani185-199 15. COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER MANAGEMENT by -James E. Robert201-209 16.DISASTER MANAGEMENT THROUGH REMOTE SENSING AND CIS by -Vifcas Tflfc 211-215 17. DISASTER MANAGEMENT - AN INTEGRATED EFFORT by -Ravinder Kumar and B.C. Jat217-22.0