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 Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.E. - Automobile Engineering SCIA4001 Disaster Management Syllabus SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCIA4001 DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO DISASTERS 12 Hrs. Natural resources and its importance - understanding on fragile eco-system - characteristics and types of Disasters, Geological and Mountain Area Disasters: Earthquakes, Volcanic eruption, landslides - Wind and Water Related Natural Disaster: Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Tsunamis - Man Made Disasters: Forest fires, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical disaster - Causes and effects - Disaster Profile of India - Disaster Management cycle. UNIT 2 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 8 Hrs. Disaster management, mitigation and preparedness: Disaster Preparedness for People and Infrastructure, Community based Disaster Preparedness Plan - Roles & Responsibilities of Different Agencies and Government: Education, Communication & Training, Central, State, District and local administration, Armed Forces, Police, Para Military Forces, International Agencies, and NGO’s - Disaster Mitigation: Strategies, Emerging Trends, Mitigation management and Role of Team and Coordination. UNIT 3 REHABILITATION, RECONSTRUCTION AND RECOVERY 10 Hrs. Damage assessment – Development of Physical and Economic Infrastructure - Nature of Damage to Houses and Infrastructure due to Disasters - Funding Arrangements for Reconstruction - Monitoring and Evaluation of Rehabilitation Work: Training, Rescue and planning the rescue activities and rehabilitations - Role of Government and NGO’s - Participative Rehabilitation Process: Case Studies UNIT 4 DISASTER RESPONSE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT 8 Hrs. Disaster Response Plan: Communication, Participation and Activation of Emergency Preparedness Plans, Search, Rescue, Evacuation and other logistic management - Human Behaviour and Response Management: Psychological Response and Psychological Rehabilitation, Trauma and Stress Management, rumour and Panic Management, Medical and Health Response to Different Disasters - Relief Measures: Minimum Standard of Relief, essential components of Relief Management, and funding. UNIT 5 RISK ASSESSMENT AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS 7 Hrs. Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability: Concept and Relationship: Disaster Risk Reduction, People Participation in Risk Assessment - Vulnerability Analysis, Vulnerability Identification - Vulnerability profile of India - Strategies for Survival - Social Infrastructure for Vulnerability Reduction. Max. 45 Hrs. COURSE OUTCOMES On completion of the course, student will be able to CO1 - Know the fragile ecosystem and the types of the disasters CO2 - Acquire the preparedness and the responsibilities of different agencies on Disaster CO3 - Understand the rescue, rehabilitation and reconstruction process of disaster management CO4 - Understand the disaster response and relief measures CO5 - Understand the concepts of disaster risk CO6 - Understand the concepts of vulnerability reduction TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS 1. Bryant Edwards, “Natural Hazards”, Cambridge University Press, U.K, 2005 2. Carter, W. Nick, “Disaster Management, Asian Development Bank”, Manila, 1991. 3. Government of India, “Vulnerability Atlas of India”, New Delhi, 1997. 4. Sahni, Pardeep et.al. (eds.), “Disaster Mitigation Experiences and Reflections”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2002 5. Sahni, Pardeep and Ariyabandu, “Disaster risk reduction in South Asia”, Phi learning pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2012. 6. Sharma, R.K. & Sharma, G.,(ed), “Natural Disaster”, APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2005. 7. Taori, K, “Disaster Management through Panchayati Raj”, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2005. 8. NOAA Coastal Services Center, “Linking People Information and Technology”, END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3Hrs. PART A: 10 Questions of 2 marks each – No choice 20 Marks PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice each carrying16 marks 80 Marks   |
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