CORRELATION BETWEEN HUMAN FACTORS AND THE PREVENTION OF DISASTERS -- Preface -- Contents -- Theme 1 Social, Human Health and Security Factors -- Socio-economic Benefits from the Prevention of Desertification in Morocco and Mauritania Using Satellite Monitoring -- Health Status of Populations Affected by the Chernobyl Accident -- The Role of Diplomacy through Science, Technology and Innovation in Preventing Natural Disasters -- Ukraine's Integration into European Security Research Programmes: Key to a More Secure Europe -- Irradiation Doses at Nuclear Power Plants in Normal and Emergency Situations -- Live CBRN Agent Training for Responders as a Key Role in a Safe Crisis Recovery -- Theme 2 Predicting, Assessing and Mitigating Effects of Disasters -- Urban Planning and Land Management: A Tool for the Prevention of Natural Disasters -- Risk Reduction System in the Republic of Armenia -- A System for Forecasting and Preventing Emergency Situations on Landslide Sites -- Seismic Hazard Assessment for Southern Caucasus - Eastern Turkey Energy Corridors: The Example of Georgia -- Safety of Tailings Dams and Related Problems in Armenia -- Methodological Justification and Practical Approaches to Risk Assessment of Emergency Situations ( aused by Natural and Man-made Processes) -- Study and Prognosis of Land Subsidence in Karst Regions Due to Falling Groundwater Levels -- Theme 3 Managing Water Pollution and Flooding Risks -- Risk Management, Prediction and Prevention of Flooding Catastrophes in Romania -- Countering Routine and Emergency Secondary Contamination of Treated Wastewater: A Case Study of the Chernivtsi Wastewater Treatment Plant -- River Pollution Risk Assessment in the South Eastern Part of Ukraine.

Geomorphological and Hydrological Aspects of Complex Solutions of Risk Reduction Related to Abrupt Change of Hydro-meteorological Conditions in Armenia -- Monitoring the Impact of Human Factors on Surface Waters to Prevent Ecological Disasters: Case Study on Faecal Pollution of Nicolina River, Iasi, Romania -- Theme 4 Managing Risks to Ecosystems and Soil Quality -- Risks to Aquatic Ecosystems in Mountain Regions and Their Possible Management -- Ecological Risks of Radioactive Pollution in Central Ukraine -- Environmental Problems in Ukraine and Human Factors -- Ecotoxicity of Arsenic and Antimony: Perspectives on Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils -- Subject Index -- Author Index.