Introduction to Natural hazards earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, landslides, avalanches, floods, cyclones, mine, fire and blow out; Causes, risk and mitigation of natural hazards; Types of volcanism; Styles of eruption; Forecasting and mitigation of volcano hazard; Tsunami causes and prediction; Prediction and prevention of landslides; Landslide zonation and risk assessment; Flood hazard and mitigation; Environmental hazards Nuclear waste; Ground water pollution-Water pollutants, contamination by metals, behaviour of radionuclides, introduction to contaminant transport processes, colloid-associated-contaminant transport, organic contamination, Geochemical aspects of remediation of contaminated aquifers; Environmental impact assessment of natural hazards, Important case studies of natural hazards. |