Title page -- Redaction Committee -- Preface -- Contents -- Earthquake Loss Modelling for Seismic Risk Management -- Analysis of Vrancea Seismic Source Based on Seismological Records -- Seismotectonic Conditions and Seismic Risk for Cities in Georgia -- Earthquake Scenarios for the Microzonation of Sofia -- Earthquakes and the Vulnerability of Industries - A Concept for the German Mining Industry -- Main Foundations of Ecological Safety of Environment and Residents in an Area Influenced by Tailing Deposits of Radioactive Waste -- Ecological Risks from Hazardous Features in Ukraine That May Be Targets for Acts of Terrorism -- Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Fire Brigades and Fire-Fighting Actions -- Conclusions After the Fuel Depot Fire at Buncefield (GB), December 2005 -- Procedures for the Handling of Contaminated Armament Related Sites -- The SANDOZ Catastrophe and the Consequences for the River Rhine -- The Latest Hesse Water and Soil Protection Guidelines -- Hazard Prevention and Emergency Planning on Transboundary Rivers in the UNECE Region -- Preventive Measures Are the Best Disaster Control - The Checklist Method -- Utilisation of Industrial Waste Products as an Effective Method of Ecological Disaster Prevention -- The University Regional Research Consortium (Moldavia) for Environmental Monitoring and Protection - As a Premise for the Optimisation of Living Conditions Through the Prevention of Natural and Human Ecological Catastrophes -- Preliminary Study Regarding Local Potential for the Use of Wood Waste for the Generation of Energy as an Alternative to Energy Which Produces Gas Emissions - A Man Made Disaster -- Impact of Sewage from the Town of Iasi - At the Limit of Man Made Disaster - On the Microbiota of the River Bahlui -- Natural and Man Made Disasters in the Moldova Area of Romania.

Vulnerability Mitigation and Risk Assessment of Technological Disaster -- Environmental Negotiations and Their Connection with Climate Change Risks -- Geophysical Investigation Methods for the Assessment of Risks in an Area Used for the Disposal of Hazardous Chemical Wastes -- Risk Management of Natural and Man Made Processes - The Basis of Population and Territorial Protection in the Republic of Armenia -- Monitoring Dangerous Geological Processes in Moldova -- Results of a Performed Course of Pectin-Prophylaxis in Preschool Children of an Industrial City -- Environmental Hazards and Safety in Ukraine: Scientific and Educational Aspects -- Learning from Disasters - Information Management in Emergency Planning -- Mass Media and Catastrophe Prevention. How to Avoid the Crisis After the Crisis -- Global Sustainable Development and the Main National Strategies for the Environment in the Republic of Moldova -- Conclusion -- Author Index.