<i>Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters</i> provides an integrated look at major disasters of the biosphere that have major implications for many of the world’s people: plagues and pandemics, wildfires, non-native species, deforestation, desertification, and locusts. This volume takes a geoscientific approach to the topic and contains new insights about how biological disasters affect hazardous processes underscoring the relationship between biological disasters to other natural disasters. In addition, <i>Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks and Disasters</i> covers current thinking about directly-related social scientific issues, such as how disasters can affect lives and impact property.<ul><li>Contains contributions from expert environmental scientists, ecologists, biological scientists, agricultural scientists, and public health specialists selected by a world-renowned editorial board</li><li>Presents the latest research on causality, economic impacts, fatality rates, and preparedness and mitigation</li><li>Includes numerous tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, and video captures of hazardous processes </li><li>Includes an examination of animals as hazards</li></ul>