Department of Civil Engineering

Course Details:
Class B. Tech. Sem.-VII
Course Code and Course Title 0CVOE417, Disaster Management
Prerequisite/s ---
Teaching Scheme: Lecture/Tutorial 03/00
Credits 03
Evaluation Scheme: ISE-1/MSE/ ISE-II /ESE 10/30/10/50

Course Outcomes(COs):
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
0CVOE417_1 Explain disaster and disaster management cycle (K2)
Discuss disaster preparedness and response activities various types of
0CVOE417_2
disaster(K2)
0CVOE417_3 Describe Physical and Socio-economic Impacts of Disasters (K2)
0CVOE417_4 Explain current scenario of disaster management in India (K2)
0CVOE417_5 Apply various advanced techniques for disaster management (K3)

Course Contents:
Understanding of Disasters :
Meaning, Factors and Significance, Distinguishing between an emergency and
Unit 1 a disaster situation. Understanding Disasters- Causes and Effects, Types of 07 hrs.
natural and non-natural disasters, Disasters -A Global View, Disaster Profile
of India- Regional, and Seasonal.
Disaster management cycle:
Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery, Introduction to Disaster
Management Cycle, Disaster Mitigation, Mitigation strategies, Hazard
Unit 2 identification and vulnerability analysis, 07hrs.
Mitigation strategies or measures, Disaster Mitigation and Infrastructure
Considerations, Disaster and Development, The impact of disasters on
development programmes.
Disaster Preparedness& Response to Disaster:
Introduction to Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), The
Emergency Operation Plan (EOP), Developing and Writing the EOP.
Unit 3 Introduction to Disaster Response, Aims of disaster response, Disaster 07 hrs.
Response Activities, Modern and traditional responses to disasters, Modern
methods of disaster response, Disaster Recovery, The Recovery Plan,
Disasters as opportunities for development initiatives.
The Role of Technology in Disaster Management:
Introduction to Emergency Management Systems (EMS), significance of
EMS, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Disaster Management. GIS 07 hrs.
Unit 4
Applications, Global Positioning System (GPS) and Disaster Management,
Application of GPS to Disaster Management. Remote Sensing and its
significance in Disaster Management.

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Physical and Socio-economic Impacts of Disasters :
Disaster impacts environmental, physical, social, ecological, economic,
Unit 5 07 hrs.
political, etc. health, psycho-social issues, demographic aspects (gender, age,
and special needs), hazard locations, climate change, urban disasters
Disaster management in Indian Scenario:
Unit 6 Institutional and Policy Framework, Early Warning System, Disaster 07 hrs.
Prevention & Mitigation, Preparedness, National Disaster Management
Framework, Guidelines to State Governments, Case studies.

Text Books:
Sr. Year of
Title Author Publisher Edition
No Edition
Disaster risk reduction Pardeep Sahni, PHI Punblication
01 in south asia Madhavimalalgoda 6th 2013
and ariyabandu
Understanding Amitasinvhal TMH Publication
02 5th 2010
earthquake disasters
Disaster mitigation: Pardeepsahni,
03 Experiences and AlkaDhameja and PHI Publication 8th 2014
reflections Uma medury
Handbook of Disaster Singh B.K Rajat
Management: Publication
04 6th 2008
Techniques &
Guidelines

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