JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

The subject provides different disasters, tools, and methods for disaster

management.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Understanding Disasters, man-made Hazards and Vulnerabilities
• Understanding disaster management mechanism
• Understanding capacity building concepts and planning of disaster managements

UNIT - I

Understanding Disaster: Concept of Disaster - Different approaches- Concept of Risk - Levels of Disasters - Disaster Phenomena and Events (Global, national and regional) Hazards and Vulnerabilities: Natural and man-made hazards; response time, frequency and forewarning levels of different hazards - Characteristics and damage potential or natural hazards; hazard assessment - Dimensions of vulnerability factors; vulnerability assessment - Vulnerability and disaster risk - Vulnerabilities to flood and earthquake hazards

UNIT - II

Disaster Management Mechanism: Concepts of risk management and crisis managements - Disaster Management Cycle - Response and Recovery - Development, Prevention, Mitigation and Preparedness - Planning for Relief

UNIT - III

Capacity Building: Capacity Building: Concept - Structural and Nonstructural Measures Capacity Assessment; Strengthening Capacity for Reducing Risk - Counter-Disaster Resources and their utility in Disaster Management - Legislative Support at the state and national levels

UNIT - IV

Coping with Disaster: Coping Strategies; alternative adjustment processes - Changing Concepts of disaster management - Industrial Safety Plan; Safety norms and survival kits - Mass media and disaster management

UNIT - V

Planning for disaster management: Strategies for disaster management planning - Steps for formulating a disaster risk reduction plan - Disaster management Act and Policy in India -

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Organizational structure for disaster management in India - Preparation of state and district disaster management plans

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Manual on Disaster Management, National Disaster Management, Agency Govt of India.
• 2. Disaster Management by Mrinalini Pandey Wiley 2014.
• 3. Disaster Science and Management by T. Bhattacharya, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt Ltd Wiley 2015

REFERENCES:

• 1. Earth and Atmospheric Disasters Management, N. Pandharinath, CK Rajan, BS Publications 2009.
• 2. National Disaster Management Plan, Ministry of Home affairs, Government of India (http://www.ndma.gov.in/images/policyplan/dmplan/draftndmp.pdf) R16 B.TECH AERONAUTICAL ENGG. B.TECH. PETROLEUM ENGINEERING