WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 - 2014
CE 452
DISASTER MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT
(ELECTIVE - I)
Instruction 4 Periods per week
Duration of University Examination 3 Hours
University Examination 75 Marks
Sessional 25 Marks
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. Route ledge Publishers, Special Indian Education, New York & London.
4. Battacharya, T. (2012), Disaster Science and Management, Tata McGraw hill Company, New Delhi.