Proceedings of the Silver Jubilee conference "Disasters, Pollution and the Environment" 10th-12th September 1991.

Includes bibliographies

Vol. 1 : UK preparedness : the role of the emergency planning college -- The role of the community in civil and environmental emergencies -- The failure of hindsight -- Developing the corporate mindsets that will help to reduce man-made disasters -- Crisis gaming; --British disaster planning and management : a critique -- Vulnerability in complex systems -- The role of the UK Ambulance Service in emergency planning -- Issues in government responsibility to the year 2000 -- CIMAH information to the public : presentation and evaluation of effect -- The contribution of human factors/ergonomics to emergency planning in industry -- The managerial implications of a turbulent environment for organizational stability -- The local authorities role in disasters -- The role of management in disaster prevention -- Crowd safety and disasters in complex settings -- Disaster prevention and mitigation : some prerequisites -- Avoidance strategies and counter-disaster planning -- The role of the county fire officer -- The role of public health services in disaster prevention -- Emergency planning in the Netherlands -- The Dutch routing-system -- Peacetime emergency planning in local government: a survey -- Vol. 2 : Fire service command and control at major incidents -- Communications in a crisis -- Industrial accident radio press releases and Cleveland County co-ordination scheme -- Cancers : a challenge to the health services -- The scientific basis of disaster management and language of disasters -- From `End of pipe technologies' to Cradle-to-Cradle product liability -- New challenges for risk management in the 1990s -- The Swiss disaster relief unit -- The British Red Cross disaster appeal scheme (United Kingdom) -- Disaster management in the Rotterdam conurbation -- After the fire : a conceptual model of post-crisis turnaround strategies -- Aspects of litigation : group actions : current trends -- Overseas disaster response : the European options and the global problem -- The psychological impact of disaster and the nature of critical incident stress for emergency personnel -- The national casualty bureau project -- Handling the legal consequences of aviation disasters : passenger compensation -- A computer system to help police cope with major disasters -- Flood disasters in Britain : lessons from flood hazard research -- Vol. 3 : Towards resolving the conflict about the nature conservation in India -- Wider impacts of industrial effluent control and solid waste management -- Wider impacts of sulphur dioxide control in Germany -- Human enteric viruses in the environment -- An analysis of the causes and consequences of accidents affecting the envrionment -- Land application methods for the disposal of sewage sludge -- Yorkshire's wind energy -- Problems with pesticides in the third world -- Toxic waste and clean technology : European perspectives and policy responses -- Environmental biotechnology : the South African experience -- Environmental disasters : the local authority response -- Environmental protection within Europe -- Archaeology : the time-depth factor in an integrated approach to conservation management -- Radioactive waste management : is there an acceptable solution? -- European community strategy on civil liability for waste and its insurance implications -- Road transport and the environment : a brief overview -- "Parliamentary control" of E C legislation on health, safety and the environment -- The quiet metamorphosis of our inland waterways into one of our most valuable environmental assets -- Philosophies for environmental pollution control -- The administrative framework of pollution control within Germany -- Vol. 4 : Impact of chronic pollution of a canalised river on exchange processes between river and groundwater -- Eutrophication, blooms and toxins of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and health -- Surface water plants as early indicators of environmental change -- A contribution to the control of groundwater cont

Vol.1: Emergency planning; v.2: Disaster management; v.3: Environmental protection; v.4: Aquatic problems