International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy

Special Issue

Environmental Hazard and Disaster Risk Reduction

  • Submission Deadline: Nov. 30, 2015
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Md. Abdur Rakib
About This Special Issue
The upward changing pattern of climatic variables turn into environmental hazards in a long term way. Now-a-days anthropogenic and natural activities gradually accelerates the changing mode of natural environment. The instable condition of climatic variables tends to occur unwanted climatic events in the earth surface. Now it is apparently visual through the happing several types of hazards associated with health risk. In the world context, a large number of people is going to be victimized owing to climate change that is directly inhibit to one’s or nations economic structure. Whereas, it is very important to find out the real problematic site behind the natural and human induced environmental hazards. Intensive research could be the better way to figure out and understanding about environmental problems, causes and probable mitigation approach to uninterrupted economic growth, life style and livelihood pattern. Consequently, it would be helpful to satisfy social crisis through sustainable environmental management.

Environmental hazards and probable disaster is a concerning issue among the whole nation’s. However, disaster risk reduction research would be a potential way to minimize the property loss and death. In addition, sustainable research could be a thematic outline to achieve sustainable development in the following areas

1. Environmental Hazards and Mitigation approach
2. Climatic Risk Reduction
3. Climate change and Food security
4. Environmental Crisis and social Insecurity
5. Drought Hazards and Adaptation approach
6. Flooding Hazards and Mitigation strategy
7. Earthquake and risk reduction
Lead Guest Editor
  • Md. Abdur Rakib

    Department of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh