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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO DISASTERS
1.1 Disaster
1.2 Hazard
1.3 Vulnerability
1.4 Resilience
1.4.1 Betterment – Build Back Better
1.4.2 Resilience in the International Context - Hyogo Framework for
Action
1.4.3 World Bank – Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and
Recovery
1.4.4 Overseas National Emergency Management Agencies
1.4.5 The National Strategy for Disaster Resilience
1.4.6 Department of Community Safety
1.4.7 Emergency Management
1.4.8 Local Government
1.5 Risks
1.6 Types of disasters
1.6.1 Earthquake
1.6.2 Landslide
1.6.3 Flood
1.6.4 Drought
1.6.5 Fire
1.7 Classification
1.7.1 Natural Disasters
1.8 Causes
1.8.1 Environmental
1.8.2 Health after Disaster
1.8.3 Impacts including social
1.8.4 Psychosocial impacts.
1.8.5 Economic impacts
1.8.6 Political impacts
1.9 Differential impacts
1.9.1 Hazard Event Characteristics
1.9.2 Improvised Disaster Response
1.9.3 Improvised Disaster Recovery
1.9.4 Impacts in terms of caste, class and gender
1.9.5 Impacts in terms of age
1.9.6 Impacts in terms of location
1.9.7 Impacts in terms of disability
1.10 Global trends in disasters
1.10.1 Disaster Trends
1.10.2 Urban disasters
1.10.3 Pandemics
1.10.4 DIARRHOEAL GROUP OF DISEASES INCLUDING CHOLERA

1.10.5 Complex emergencies

1.10.6 Climate change
1.11 Dos and Don’ts during Disasters
1.11.1 Tornadoes
1.11.2 Hurricanes
1.11.3 Earthquakes
1.11.4 Floods and Tsunami
1.11.5 House Fires

Unit – II
APPROACHES TO DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
2.1. Disaster cycle
2.1.1. Phases
2.1.2. Culture of safety
2.1.3. Prevention
2.1.4. Mitigation and preparedness community based DRR
2.1.5. Structural and non-structural measures
2.1.6. Roles and responsibilities of community
2.1.7. Panchayati Raj Institutions/Urban Local Bodies
(PRIs/ULBs)
2.1.8. States, Centre and other stake-holders
2.2. Institutional Processes and Framework at State and Central Level
2.2.1. Introduction
2.2.2. National Disaster Management Authority
2.2.3. National Authority
2.2.4. State Authority
 2.2.5. District Authority
2.3. Early Warning System
2.3.1. Understanding Early Warning System
2.3.2. Defining Early Warning System (EWS)
2.3.3. Early Warning Practices and Systems
2.3.4. Key Elements of Early Warning Systems
2.3.5. Essentials of EWS
2.3.6. Community Based Early Warning System
2.3.7. Essential features of Community Based Early Warning
Systems
2.3.8. Cross Cutting Issues
2.4. Advisories from Appropriate Agencies
2.4.1. Institutional Framework
2.4.2. Existing Institutional Arrangements
2.4.3. Other Important Institutional Arrangements
2.4.4. Financial arrangements
2.4.5. Knowledge Dissemination through Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT)

UNIT III
INTER-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISASTERS AND DEVELOPMENT
3.1. Factors affecting
3.1.1. Vulnerabilities
3.1.2. Differential impacts
 3.1.3. Impact of Development projects
3.2. Climate Change Adaptation
3.2.1. Effects of global warming
3.2.2. Methods of adaptation
3.3. IPCC Scenario
3.3.1. Organization
3.3.2. Activities
3.3.3. Special reports
3.3.4. InterAcademy Council review
3.4. Scenarios in the context of India
3.4.1. Impact of Climate Change on Disasters
3.4.2. Impact of Climate Change on Security
3.5. Relevance of indigenous knowledge with appropriate technology
and local resources
3.5.1. Priority Thematic Areas
3.5.2. Climate Change and Food Security
3.5.3. Rural Development
3.5.4. Gender and Inclusion
3.5.5. Action Agenda
3.5.6. Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Kerala, India

UNIT IV
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN INDIA
4.1. Hazard and Vulnerability profile of India
 4.1.1. Institutional Mechanism at the National Level
4.1.2. Role of Central and State Governments
4.1.3. Approach to Disaster Management
4.1.4. Disaster Management the National Roadmap
4.1.5. Salient features of the National Policy on Disaster
Management
4.1.6. Management Act and a Model State Disaster
Management Act
4.2. Components of Disaster Relief
4.2.1. Disaster Relief
4.2.2. Definition
4.2.3. History
4.2.4. Phases and responses
4.2.5. Recovery
4.2.6. Emergency workers
4.2.7. Organizations
4.2.8. Water
4.2.9. Food
4.2.10. Sanitation
4.2.11. Shelter
4.2.12. Health
4.2.13. Waste Management
4.2.14. Institutional arrangements
4.3. Disaster Management Act and Policy
 4.3.1. Disaster Management Act, 2005
4.3.2. Salient features of the DM Act - NDMA
4.3.3. Salient features of the DM Act - DDMA
4.3.4. Other related policies
4.3.5. National Policy on Disaster Management, 2009
4.3.6. Plans
4.3.7. Programmes
4.3.8. Legislation for Disaster Risk Reduction
4.4. Role of GIS and Information Technology Components in
Preparedness
4.4.1. Terms Defined
4.4.2. General Types of Emergencies
4.4.3. Emergency Management Phases
4.4.4. GIS - Foundation for Emergency Management
4.4.5. Planning
4.4.6. Mitigation
4.4.7. Preparedness
4.4.8. Response
4.4.9. Recovery
4.5. Risk Assessment
4.5.1. Tsunami Risk Assessment
4.5.2. Earthquake
4.5.3. Tsunami
4.5.4. Fire Events
 4.5.5. Nuclear Emergency
4.6. Response
4.6.1. Definition
4.6.2. Common objectives
4.6.3. Disaster response planning
4.6.4. Organizations
4.6.5. Disaster response organizations
4.6.6. Disaster response technologies
4.7. Recovery Phases of Disaster
4.7.1. Search and Rescue
4.7.2. Emergency Relief
4.7.3. Early Recovery
4.7.4. Medium to Long-Term Recovery
4.7.5. Community Development
4.7.6. Disaster Risk Reduction
4.7.7. Environmental Concerns
4.8. Disaster Damage Assessment
4.8.1. Damage Assessment
4.8.2. Introduction disasters affecting the agriculture sector
4.8.3. Purpose of This Guidance Note
4.8.4. Framework in Improving Damage Assessment in the
Agriculture Sector
4.8.5. Other Impacts
4.8.6. Principles of Disaster Damage Assessment
 4.8.7. Steps in Undertaking Post-Disaster Damage and Loss
Assessment in the Agriculture Sector
4.8.8. Analyze the Disaster Impacts Based on the Damages and
Losses
4.8.9. Set the general recovery and reconstruction strategies
for agriculture
4.8.10. Identify the Post-Disaster Needs in the Agriculture Sector

4.8.11. Recovery Needs

4.8.12. Reconstruction Needs
4.8.13. Develop short, medium and long-term projects and
design implementation plan
4.8.14. Future Activities to Further Enhance Damage, Loss and
Needs Assessment

UNIT V
DISASTER MANAGEMENT: APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES AND FIELD
WORKS
5.1. Landslide Hazard Zonation: Case Studies
5.1.1. Introduction
5.1.2. Landslides and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
5.1.3. Study area
5.1.4. History of landslide phenomena in the area
 5.1.5. Geological regime
5.1.6. Quaternary
5.1.7. Hydrological and hydrogeological conditions
5.1.8. Geotechnical conditions
5.1.9. Back analysis
5.1.10. GIS analysis
5.2. Earthquake Vulnerability Assessment of Buildings and Infrastructure:
Case Studies
5.2.1. Consequences of Earthquakes
5.2.2. Recommendations
5.2.3. Findings
5.3. Drought Assessment: Case Studies
5.3.1. Introduction
5.3.2. Country’s Geographical Profile
5.3.3. Definitions of Drought
5.3.4. Characteristics of Drought
5.3.5. Methodology
5.4. Coastal Flooding: Storm Surge Assessment
5.4.1. Causes
5.4.2. Storms and storm surges
5.4.3. Sea level rise
5.4.4. Tsunami
5.4.5. Preventative Measures
5.4.6. Engineered defences
 5.4.7. Natural defences
5.4.8. Responses
5.4.9. Social and economic impacts
5.4.10. Environmental impacts
5.4.11. Examples of existing coastal flooding issues
5.4.12. Storm surge
5.4.13. Historic storm surges
5.4.14. Mechanics
5.4.15. Extratropical storms
5.4.16. Measuring surge
5.4.17. SLOSH
5.4.18. Mitigation
5.5. Floods - Fluvial and Pluvial Flooding: Case Studies
5.5.1. Fluvial processes
5.5.2. Pluvial
5.6. Forest Fire: Case Studies
5.6.1. Location
5.6.2. Climate
5.6.3. Geomorphology
5.6.4. Soil
5.6.5. Pedogenic soils
5.6.6. Transported soils
5.6.7. Minerals & rocks
5.6.8. Forests
 5.6.9. Demography
5.6.10. Water Resources
5.6.11. Topography
5.6.12. Flora and Fauna
5.6.13. Fauna
5.7. Man Made disasters: Case Studies
5.7.1. Korea: Case Histories
5.7.2. Korea: Improvement Plans
5.7.3. Causes of Man-Made Disasters
5.8. Space Based Inputs for Disaster Mitigation and Management and field
works related to disaster management
5.8.1. Disaster Management
5.8.2. Present SPACE Dataset
5.8.3. Indian Case Studies
5.8.4. Floods
5.8.5. Drought
5.8.6. Landslides
5.8.7. Earthquakes
5.8.8. Forest Fires
5.8.9. Indian Forest Fire Response and Assessment System
5.8.10. Delivery time from acquisition to user
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