DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Paper Code: 
ENV 323
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
14.00
Unit I: 
Introduction
  • Meaning, Distinction between Disaster and hazard
  • Terminology used in disaster management
  • Alternatives and suggestions
  • Types of disaster(Natural and Human made)

 

20.00
Unit II: 
Natural Disasters
  • Earthquakes

                    -Causes

                      -Characterization of ground –motion

                      -Earthquakes scale

  • Drought

                              -Classification

                               -Drought profile

                                -Case study of Rajasthan

  • Floods

                         -Causes of flood

                          -Regions prone to flood in India

                                 -Approaches, policies and measures

11.00
Unit III: 
Anthropogenic Disasters
  • Nuclear Disaster and Radiation Hazards
  • Chemical Disaster : A case study of Bhopal
  • Road Accidents
  • Urban Slums: Living Disasters
20.00
Unit IV: 
Administrative Framework
  • Hyogo Framework for action
  • Organizations for disaster management
  • National Disaster Management Policy
  • Disaster management through sustainable development
  • Sphere Standards
  • Disaster Management Act 2005: Main objectives 
10.00
Unit V: 
Health and Disasters
  • Public Health and Disasters
  • Psycho Social care in disaster situation

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Goel,S.L. Disaster Administration and Management. Deep And Deep  Publications Pvt. Ltd.
  • G.K. Ghosh . Disaster Management  A.P.H. Publishing Corporation
  • R.B. Singh. Disaster Management. Rawat Publications
  • Ayaz Ahmad. Disaster Management: Through the New Millennium
    Anmol Publications
  • B Narayan .Disaster Management  .A.P.H. Publishing Corporation
  • B C Bose .Modern Encyclopaedia of Disaster and Hazard Management
    Rajat Publications
  • Nikuj Kumar .Disaster Management .Alfa Publications
  • Arvind Kumar. Disaster Management - Recent Approaches .Anmol Publications
  • Wisner B, Blaikie P, Cannon T and Davis I 2004 At Risk, 2nd edition Routledge
  • Wisnr B., Adams, J. (Ed.) (2002) WHO Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disaster- A practical guide, World Health Organisations.
  • Shaw, Rajib; Krishnamurthy, 2009, Disaster: Global Challenges and Local Solutions
  • Handbook of environmental risk assessment and management by Peter Calow, Publication: Blackwell Science London, Year 1998
  • Handbook of International Disaster Psychology, Vol 1,2,3,4
  • World Disaster Report: by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

 

Academic Year: 
2015-2016
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