Disaster Management (Generic Elective)

Paper Code: 
GGEO 301
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
20.00
Unit I: 
Unit I
  • Disasters: Definition and Concepts: Hazards, Disasters; Risk and Vulnerability; Classification
  • Disasters in India: (a) Flood: Causes, Impact, Distribution and Mapping; Landslide: Causes, Impact,
  • Distribution and Mapping; Drought: Causes, Impact, Distribution and Mapping

 

20.00
Unit II: 
Unit II
  • Disasters in India: (b) Earthquake and Tsunami: Causes, Impact, Distribution and Mapping; Cyclone:Causes, Impact, Distribution and Mapping.
  • Manmade disasters: Industrial and Nuclear disasters, Causes, Impact, Distribution and Mapping.

 

 

20.00
Unit III: 
Unit III
  • Response and Mitigation to Disasters: Mitigation and Preparedness, NDMA, SDMA, DDMA and NIDM; Indigenous  Knowledge and Community-Based Disaster Management; Role of NGOs, CSO, Do’s and Don’ts During and Post Disasters

 

Essential Readings: 

1. Government of India. (1997) Vulnerability Atlas of India. New Delhi, Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.

2. Kapur, A. (2010) Vulnerable India: A Geographical Study of Disasters, Sage Publication, New Delhi.

3. Modh, S. (2010) Managing Natural Disaster: Hydrological, Marine and Geological Disasters,Macmillan, Delhi.

 4. Singh, R.B. (2005) Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Analysis, IGNOU, New Delhi. Chapter 1, 2 and 3.

 5. Singh, R. B. (ed.), (2006) Natural Hazards and Disaster Management: Vulnerability and Mitigation,Rawat Publications, New Delhi.

6. Sinha, A. (2001). Disaster Management: Lessons Drawn and Strategies for Future, New United Press, New Delhi.

7. Stoltman, J.P. et al. (2004) International Perspectives on Natural Disasters, Kluwer Academic Publications. Dordrecht.

 8. Singh Jagbir (2007) “Disaster Management Future Challenges and Opportunities”, 2007. Publisher- I.K. International Pvt. Ltd. S-25, Green Park Extension, Uphaar Cinema Market, New Delhi, India  (www.ikbooks.com)

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024