Techniques for disaster risk management and mitigation / Методы управления рисками стихийных бедствий и смягчения их последствий

Section I: Introduction

Concepts and Methodologies of Environmental Hazards and Disasters Nicolas R. Dalezios, George P. Petropoulos, and Ioannis N. Faraslis

Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Solutions in the Hilly State of Mizoram, Northeast India Kewat Sanjay Kumar, Awadhesh Kumar, Vinod Prasad Khanduri, and Sudhir Kumar Singh

Urban Risk and Resilience to Climate Change and Natural Hazards: A Perspective from Million-Plus Cities on the Indian Subcontinent Amit Kumar, Diksha, A. C. Pandey, and M. L. Khan

The Contribution of Earth Observation in Disaster Prediction, Management, and Mitigation: A Holistic View Varsha Pandey, Prashant K. Srivastava, and George P. Petropoulos 

Section II: Atmospheric Hazards and Disasters

Tropical Cyclones Over the North Indian Ocean in Changing Climate R. Bhatla, Raveena Raj, R. K. Mall, and Shivani 

Simulation of Intensity and Track of Tropical Cyclones Over the Arabian Sea Using the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) Modeling System with Different Initial Conditions (ICs) Sushil Kumar, Ashish Routray, Prabhjot Singh Chawla, and Shilpi Kalra

Development of a Soft Computing Model from the Reanalyzed Atmospheric Data to Detect Severe Weather Conditions Devajyoti Dutta, Ashish Routray, and Prashant K. Srivastava

Lightning, the Global Electric Circuit, and Climate N. Jeni Victor, Sagarika Chandra, and Devendraa Siingh

An Exploration of the Panther Mountain Crater Impact Using Spatial Data and GIS Spatial Correlation Analysis Techniques Sawyer Reid Stippa, Konstantinos P. Ferentinos, and George P. Petropoulos

Section III: Land Hazards and Disasters

Satellite Radar Interferometry Processing and Elevation Change Analysis for Geoenvironmental Hazard Assessment Sergey Stankevich, Iryna Piestova, Anna Kozlova, Olga Titarenko, and Sudhir Kumar Singh 

Assessing the Use of Sentinel-2 in Burnt Area Cartography: Findings from a Case Study in Spain Craig Amos, Konstantinos P. Ferentinos, George P. Petropoulos, and Prashant K. Srivastava

Assimilating SEVIRI Satellite Observation into the Name-III Dispersion Model to Improve Volcanic Ash Forecast Prajakta Patil, I. M. Watson, Shona Mackie, Prashant K. Srivastava, Tanvir Islam, and Sourabh Sakhare

Geoinformation Technology for Drought Assessment Arnab Kundu, D. M. Denis, N. R. Patel, R. K. Mall, and Dipanwita Dutta

Introduction to Landslides H. K. Pandey

Probabilistic Landslide Hazard Assessment using Statistical Information Value (SIV) and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of Himachal Pradesh, India Ankit Sharma, Ujjwal Sur, Prafull Singh, Praveen Kumar Rai, and Prashant K. Srivastava

One-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Modeling of the River Tapi: The 2006 Flood, Surat, India Dhruvesh P. Patel, Prashant K. Srivastava, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Cristina Prieto, and Dawei Han

Section IV: Ocean Hazards and Disasters

Tropical Cyclone-Induced Storm Surges and Wind Waves in the Bay of Bengal Prasad K. Bhaskaran, A. D. Rao, and Tad Murty Space-Based Measurement of Rainfall Over India and Nearby Oceans Using Remote 

Sensing Application Anoop Kumar Mishra and Kishan Singh Rawat

Modeling Tsunami Attenuation and Impacts on Coastal Communities S. Pichё, I. Nistor, and T. Murty