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This document provides an overview of the course "Disaster Management (Open Elective - I)" for B.Tech. III Year I Sem students. The course aims to provide an understanding of different disasters, hazards, vulnerabilities, and tools/methods for disaster management. It covers topics like understanding disaster concepts and phenomena, disaster management mechanisms, capacity building concepts and planning, coping strategies, and planning for disaster management. The course outcomes are that students will be able to understand disasters and hazards, disaster management mechanisms, and capacity building concepts and planning for disaster management.

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DM Syllabus

This document provides an overview of the course "Disaster Management (Open Elective - I)" for B.Tech. III Year I Sem students. The course aims to provide an understanding of different disasters, hazards, vulnerabilities, and tools/methods for disaster management. It covers topics like understanding disaster concepts and phenomena, disaster management mechanisms, capacity building concepts and planning, coping strategies, and planning for disaster management. The course outcomes are that students will be able to understand disasters and hazards, disaster management mechanisms, and capacity building concepts and planning for disaster management.

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R16 B.TECH CIVIL & ENV. ENGG.

B.TECH. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING DISASTER MANAGEMENT (Open Elective - I)

B.Tech. III Year I Sem. L T P C Course Code: CE511OE


3 0 0 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 CIVIL & ENV. 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)

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