This book discusses disasters and crises in terms of their hyper-acceleration and serious consequences. It highlights the process of their management which is overwhelmed with concern of the fellow-nationals and the nation itself. It also sheds light on all issues relative to disasters and the modern techniques to counter them.
Book objectives are:
. Identify the nature and concept of disasters in general.
. Identify non-traditional disasters and their concept in particular.
. Recognize rescue and evacuation techniques.
. Identify nuclear, biological and chemical hazards.
. Recognize the requirements of counter plans against non-traditional disasters.
. Recognize modern techniques used in countering disasters in general, and non-traditional disasters in particular.
. Identify procedures of prevention against non-traditional disasters.
The book comprises an introduction and five chapters.
The introduction presents an introductory discourse to the study, its problem, importance, objectives, questions, terminologies, and concepts.
The first chapter deals with disasters and their characteristics from national and international perspectives.
The second chapter deals with the management of disasters through the following topics:
. Principles of disaster management.
. Challenges related to disaster management in the Arab world.
. The nature of challenges relevant to disaster management.
. Basic components of disaster management.
. Stages of the disaster management plan.
The third chapter discusses the stages of countering disasters.
The fourth chapter deals with non-traditional disasters in terms of:
. Management of non-traditional disasters.
. Early usage of the concept.
. Development of usage.
. Divisions and components.
. The debate over weapons of mass destruction.
. Atomic waste as a national and international problem.
. Models of disasters caused by nuclear reactors.
. Plan for monitoring and countering nuclear and radioactive threats.
. Prevention against weapons of mass destruction.
The fifth chapter deals with terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
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