Title -- Preface -- Contents -- Theme 1 Public Risk Perception and Communication -- Risk Perception and Social Vulnerability in Local Communities: A Case Study for Baiut Area, Maramures County, Romania -- Continuous Training of the Population - an Important Means of Preventing Disasters -- Role of Media Communication in Preventing Natural Disasters in Romania -- Community Initiative for Reducing Flood Risks - a Case Study -- Methods of Population Warning and Communication in the Case of Landslips -- Assistance in Raising Population Awareness and Preparedness in Zones Affected by Industrial Emergencies -- Peculiarities of Responses to Alarm Calls in the Armenian Rescue Service: Prospects for Future Development -- Opportunities for using World Wide Web Platforms as Knowledge-Transfer Systems in the Disaster Management Process -- Studying Some Features of Evacuation in Highlands -- Theme 2 Seismic Risk Assessment and Consequence Reduction -- Seismic Risk Assessments Related to Early Warning Systems: a Case Study in NE Bulgaria -- Harmonization of Seismic Hazard and Risk Reduction in the Vrancea Zone: Scientific Results of a NATO Research Project -- Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment for Tbilisi - New Approaches -- Large Artificial Water Reservoirs and Dams as Critical Risk Objects in Armenia -- Assessment of Seismic Threats from Active Movement of Plates and their Influence on Seismic Activity in Armenia -- "Huys" - a New Automated System for Current Seismic Hazard Assessment -- A Complex System ("KIANK") for Estimating the State of Natural Disaster Geodynamics -- Theme 3 Hazard Monitoring and Management -- Environmental Monitoring as a Tool for Risk Assessment and Development of Damage Mitigation Actions -- Managing Risks to Water Resources in Mountain Regions from Natural and Man-made Disasters.

Assessing Hazards and Risks from Hydro-Meteorological Phenomena in the Republic of Armenia -- Geochemical and Radiological Risks in the Most Dangerous Regions of Central Asia and Caucasus -- Prevention and Intervention in the Case of Catastrophes in the Moldova Area of Romania -- Satellite Monitoring for Desertification Forecasting and Prevention -- Geoscientific Assessment of Floods Prior to the Event -- Risk Management of Natural and Manmade Processes as a Basis for Population and Territory Protection in Armenia -- Means of Risk Reduction Due to Abrupt Changes in Hydro-Meteorological Conditions Caused by Global Warming in Armenia -- Methodological Aspects of Hazard and Risk Assessments Based on the Establishment of Integrated Graphical Systems for Monitoring Natural and Man-Made Systems -- Mudflow Protection of the City of Yerevan -- Environmental Problems of Radiation and Chemical Environmental Pollution: Monitoring Controls and Mechanisms for Safety Measurements -- Theme 4 Assessment and Management of Industrial Risks -- Estimation of Mitigation Measure Effects on Air Pollution in Industrial Cities -- Plant Monitoring and Shut-Down Control -- Determining the Real Plant Safety Level - The Checklist Method -- Licensing and Control of Mining Operations for Emergency Prevention -- Prediction of Irradiation Doses for the Population under the Russian Federal Programme: "Development of the Russian Atomic Energy Industrial Complex for 2007-2020" -- Methods of Decreasing Washout Risks for the Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Enterprise Tailings Dumps -- Subject Index -- Author Index.