Research presented at the 7th International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes is contained in this volume. T

As human population has continued to concentrate in urban areas, the number of people and the value of property affected by disasters, both natural and human-ge

The increase in the number of large-scale natural disasters in recent years has been alarming.Major fl oods, hurricanes, earthquakes and many others have affect

An increasing number of large-scale natural disasters have affected millions of people in recent years. Major earthquakes, floods, And hurricanes, have caused g

Today the world faces unparalleled threats from human-made disasters that can be attributed to failure of industrial and energy installation as well as to terro