Disaster Management, provides the reader with various disaster management techniques and frameworks to mitigate the consequences of the disaster. This book provides various dimensions of Disaster Management, causes of disasters—both natural and manmade, threats posed and the ways of managing the same. The entire book has been divided into 29 chapters. The book is suitable for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Geography and also students of Disaster Management. Moreover, the book can also be suitable for the students of Environmental Engineering, Agricultural Science and Engineering. Contents: 1. CONCEPT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT 2. VULNERABILITY OF DISASTERS IN INDIA 3. TYPE OF DISASTERS 4. CLIMATE CHANGE PERCEPTIONS 5. MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE 6. ISSUES OF CLIMATE CHANGE 7. NATURAL DISASTERS AND MAN MADE DISASTERS 8. FLOOD DISASTERS 9. DROUGHT DISASTERS 10. CYCLONE DISASTERS 11. EARTHQUAKE DISASTER 12. LANDSLIDES DISASTER 13. AVALANCHE DISASTER 14. VOLCANIC ERUPTION 15. HEAT AND COLD WAVES 16. CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL WARMING 17. CLIMATE CHANGE: SEA LEVEL RISE 18. CLIMATE CHANGE: OZONE DEPLETION 19. FOREST FIRE 20. DEFORESTATION 21. DISASTER PERCEPTIONS 22. QUICK RESPONSE TO HIGHEST INTENSITY DISASTERS (L-3) 23. INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT 24. DISASTER MANAGEMENT MECHANISM IN INDIA 25. INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK 26. DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATION IN INDIA 27. DISASTER MITIGATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 28. FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION FOR DISASTER FREE DEVELOPMENT 29. THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005 239 REFERENCES