EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 - 2014

CE 452

DISASTER MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT

(Elective-III)                                                         

Instruction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        4 Periods per week

Duration of University Examination                                                                                                                                                                                                                   3Hours

University Examination                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     75Marks

Sessional                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          25Marks

UNIT-I

Introduction - Natural, human induced and human made disasters international decade of disaster reduction.

UNIT-II

Natural Disasters - Hydrometereological based disasters - Trophfcal cyclones, floods, drought and desertification - Zones Geographical based disasters - Earth quake, Tsunammis, Landslides and avalanches.

UNIT-III

Human induced hazards -chemical industrial hazards, major power breakdowns, traffic accidents, etc.

UNIT-IV

Use of remote sensing and GISI disaster mitigation and management

UNIT-V

Rich and vulnerability to disaster - mitigation and management options warning and forecasting

Suggested Reading:

 1.Rajib, S and Krishna Murthy, R. R (2012) “Disaster Management global Challenges and Local Solutions” Universities Press, Hyderabad.

 2.Navele, P & Raja, C. K (2009), Earth and atmospheric Disasters Management, Natural and Manmade.- B. S. Publications, Hyderabad.

 3.Fearn-Banks, K (2011), Crises computations approach: A case book approach.

 4.Special Indian Education, Route ledge Publishers, New York & London.

 5.Battacharya, T. (2012), Disaster Science and Management, Tata McGraw Hill Company, New Delhi.