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Natural Hazards Mitigation: Prediction and Assessment: Call for Papers

24.10.2011

The Kamla Raja Girls Government Post - Graduate College, Gwalior (Madhya, Pradesh in India) has opened a Call for papers to contribute to a book titled 'Natural Hazards Mitigation: Prediction and Assessment'. The frequency and intensity of natural hazards are increasing at an alarming rate due to climate change and man-induced activities. Meanwhile, mitigation measures are still lagging behind. It is a high time to work together and to bring a draft on mitigation measures - predictions and preventions for natural hazards for the larger interest of humanity. Highly scientific articles (of case studies) will cover all aspects of natural hazards terrestrial, atmospheric and manmade. The noble deed behind this publication is to provide detail descriptions of natural and manmade hazards and measures for its mitigation. Submissions are requested for article(s) on the following theme and sub-themes terrestrial hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, tectonic movements, atmospheric hazards: avalanches, landslides, debris-flow, mass movement, flash-floods, cloudbursts, droughts, cyclones, typhoons, tornadoes and so forth; manmade hazards: forest fire, pollution, slums and health hazards, desertification, etc; mitigation: prediction, assessment. Contributions should be submitted as soon as possible for review by email to [email protected].