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Code No: 156DP
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
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B. Tech III Year II Semester Examinations, August/September - 2021
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND PLANNING MANAGEMENT
(Common to EEE, CSE, IT)
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 75
Answer any five questions
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All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) Explain the term ‘coping capacity’. How is it measured?
b) What is socio economic vulnerability and brief on the migitation. [8+7]
2.a) What is the essential difference between ‘disaster risk management’ and ‘disaster risk
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reduction’?
b) What are the measures of magnitude of disaster? [8+7]
3.a) What are the main reasons for flood and discuss hazard and vulnerability profile of
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India.
b) What are hazardous wastes? When do you call a waste hazardous? [8+7]
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4.a) What is drought condition? What are the reasons for it?
b) What is acid rain and discuss the causes for chemical spills? [8+7]
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5.a) What is earthquake belt and examine the impact of disaster on ecology.
b) What are the short term consequences of disaster impact? [8+7]
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6.a) What is floodway and examine the global and national disaster trends?
b) Briefly explain the impact of disaster on infrastructural assets. [8+7]
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7.a) What is the environmentally sound practice of dealing with e waste?
b) What are the categorizations of disaster under Disaster Management Act? [8+7]
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8.a) What are the factors identified as constituents of vulnerability? Briefly explain them.
b) What is the role of recycling of waste in sustainable development? [8+7]
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