DM Syllabus - OPEN ELECTIVE 3
DM Syllabus - OPEN ELECTIVE 3
DM Syllabus - OPEN ELECTIVE 3
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 -
R16 B.TECH PETROLEUM ENGG.
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)