Mitigation of Dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards: Prediction, Prevention, and Preparedne

Preface.- Introduction To Hazards and Factors That Affect Impacts On Global Societies.- Mitigation.- Risk Assessment/Vulnerability.- Conditions That Aggravate The Effects Of A Hazard On Citizens And Property.- Early Warning Systems (EWS).- Damping The Dangers From Tectonics-Driven Hazards: Earthquakes and Volcanoes.- Earthquakes.- Volcanoes.- Lessening The Impacts From Non-Tectonic (Natural) Hazards and Triggered Events.- Magnified Impact Of Natural Hazards From Global Warming/Climate Change And Inadequate Land-Use Planning.- Disease.- Natural Processes That Endanger Food Security Linked To Climate Change.- Land-Use Planning To Minimize Dangers To Citizens and Ecosystems.- Physical Siting Of Locations For Housing, Commerce, Industry and Parkland.- Pollution.- Mitigation of Hazard Impacts On Ecosystems And Their Inhabitants: Possible For Some, Not Possible For Others.- Mitigation Of Impacts On Ecosystems And Their Inhabitants Directly From Human Activities.- Mitigation Economics.- Insurance As A Mitigator of Post-Hazard Economic Stress: Coverage and Exclusions.- Conflicts/Wars: Human Driven Events That Injure/Kill people And Damage/Destroy Property.- Uncommon But Noteworthy Natural Disasters.- Epilogue.- Index.