CS-703 (D) · Disaster Management/Official Syllabus
Disaster Management (CS-703 (D)) - Official Syllabus
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Unit 1
INTRODUCTION TO DISASTERS
- Definition: Disaster, Hazard, Vulnerability, Resilience, Risks
- Disasters: Types of disasters - Earthquake, Landslide, Flood, Drought, Fire etc
- Classification, Causes, Impacts including social, economic, political, environmental, health, psychosocial, etc.
- Differential impacts- in terms of caste, class, gender, age, location, disability
- Global trends in disasters: urban disasters, pandemics, complex emergencies, Climate change
- Dos and Dont's during various types of Disasters
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Unit 2
APPROACHES TO DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
- Disaster cycle - Phases
- Culture of safety, prevention, mitigation and preparedness community based DRR
- Structural- nonstructural measures
- Roles and responsibilities of- community, Panchayati Raj Institutions/Urban Local Bodies (PRIs/ULBs), States, Centre, and other stake-holders
- Institutional Processess and Framework at State and Central Level
- State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA)
- Early Warning System - Advisories from Appropriate Agencies
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Unit 3
INTER-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISASTERS AND DEVELOPMENT
- Factors affecting Vulnerabilities, differential impacts, impact of Development projects such as dams, embankments, changes in Land-use etc.
- Climate Change Adaptation- IPCC Scenario and Scenarios in the context of India
- Relevance of indigenous knowledge, appropriate technology and local resources
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Unit 4
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN INDIA
- Hazard and Vulnerability profile of India
- Components of Disaster Relief: Water, Food, Sanitation, Shelter, Health, Waste Management
- Institutional arrangements (Mitigation, Response and Preparedness, Disaster Management Act and Policy
- Other related policies, plans, programmes and legislation
- Role of GIS and Information Technology Components in Preparedness, Risk Assessment, Response and Recovery Phases of Disaster
- Disaster Damage Assessment
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Unit 5
DISASTER MANAGEMENT: APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES AND FIELD WORKS
- Landslide Hazard Zonation: Case Studies
- Earthquake Vulnerability Assessment of Buildings and Infrastructure: Case Studies
- Drought Assessment: Case Studies
- Coastal Flooding: Storm Surge Assessment
- Floods: Fluvial and Pluvial Flooding: Case Studies
- Forest Fire: Case Studies
- Man Made disasters: Case Studies
- Space Based Inputs for Disaster Mitigation and Management and field works related to disaster management
Reference Books
- Disaster Management — J.P. Singhal
- Disaster Science and Management — Tushar Bhattacharya
- Disaster Management, Government of India — Govt. of India
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