UNIT - I
- Disaster
- Hazard
- Vulnerability
- Risk
- Capacity
- Resilience
- Definition of Disaster, Vulnerability, Resilience and Risk
UNIT - II
- Hydro-meteorological disasters
- Floods
- Cyclones
- Lightening
- Thunder-storms
- Hail storms
- Avalanche
- Drought
- Cold wave and Heat wave
- Biological disasters
- Epidemics
- Pest attacks
- Forest fire
- Technological disasters
- Chemical
- Industrial
- Radiological
- Nuclear
- Man-made disasters
- Building collapse
- Rural and urban fires
- Road and rail accidents
- Nuclear
- Radiological
- Chemical
- Biological disaster
- Global disaster trends
- Emerging risks of disasters
- Climate change and urban disasters
Disaster
- Classification, causes and impacts (social, economic, political, environmental, health and psychosocial) of disasters
- Differential impacts of disasters in terms of:
- Global trends in disasters:
- Cyclones and floods:
UNIT - III
DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE AND FRAMEWORK
- Disaster management cycle
- Paradigm shift in disaster management
- Pre-disaster
- Risk assessment and analysis
- Risk mapping
- Zonation and micro-zonation
- Prevention and mitigation of disasters
- Early warning systems
- Preparedness
- Capacity development
- Awareness
- During disaster
- Evacuation
- Disaster communication
- Search and rescue
- Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
- Incident command system
- Relief and rehabilitation
- Post-disaster
- Damage and needs assessment
- Restoration of critical infrastructure
- Early recovery
- Reconstruction and redevelopment
- IDNDR
- Approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction
UNIT - IV
Disaster management in India
- Disaster profile of India
- Mega disasters of India and lessons learnt
- Disaster management act 205
- Institutional and Financial mechanism
- National policy on disaster management
- National guidelines on disaster management
- National plans on disaster management
- Role of government (local, state and national levels)
- Government and inter-governmental agencies
- Inter-relationship between disasters and development
- Factors affecting vulnerability
- Differential impacts
- Impact of development projects such as:
- Climate change adaptation
- Relevance of indigenous knowledge
- Appropriate technology and local resources
UNIT - V
Applications of science and technology for disaster management
- Geo-informatics in disaster management (RS, GIS & GPS)
- Disaster communication system (Early warning and its dissemination)
- Land use planning and development regulations
- Disaster safe designs and constructions
- Structural and non-structural mitigation of disasters
- Science and technology institutions for disaster management in India
- Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in India
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