Disaster Management

By NAVEEN KUMAR NANJUNDAN | UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD

Learners enrolled: 2156

Disaster Management course is being introduced at the UG level to enable students and citizens to recognize the increasing vulnerability of the planet in general and India in particular to disasters. This, it is expected would create a basis to work towards preparedness and also help us develop a culture of safety and prevention. The understanding of disaster risk reduction perspective would be useful. While disasters are generally seen as an outcome of catastrophic natural events, the idea of pre-existing vulnerabilities is equally important. These need to be understood and addressed if disaster impacts are to be minimized. There has been a considerable policy level intervention in India in recent years and young people in each city, district, block or village can understand and explore avenues of reducing disaster risks and work towards preparedness - the efforts would contribute towards minimizing losses and saving lives.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	05 Aug 2019
End Date :	19 Oct 2019
Exam Date :

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Course Highlights

Learners will be able to understand the basic concept of disaster(s) and disaster management, their significance and types.

Learners will develop the analytical skills to study relationship between vulnerability, disasters, disaster prevention and risk reduction

Learners will gain a preliminary understanding of approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

Learners will be empowered with the awareness of institutional processes in the country for Disaster Management

DATE WISE SCHEDULE – DISASTER MANAGEMENT
WEEK	DATE	DAY	LESSON NO.	MODULE TITLE	LESSON TITLE
Week - I	5-Aug-19	Monday	1	Disaster Management	Disaster and Disaster Management - Concepts
	6-Aug-19	Tuesday	2	Disaster Management	Issues Concerned with Disaster Management
	7-Aug-19	Wednesday	3	Disaster Management	Phases of Disaster Management
	8-Aug-19	Thursday	3	Disaster Management	Phases of Disaster Management
	9-Aug-19	Friday		1st Weekly Assesement - MCQs
Week - II	12-Aug-19	Monday	4	Types of Disasters	Bhopal Disaster : A Case Study
	13-Aug-19	Tuesday	5		Types of Disasters-An Introduction
	14-Aug-19	Wednesday	6		Natural Disaster
	15-Aug-19	Thursday	7		Man-made Disaster
	16-Aug-19	Friday		2nd Weekly Assesement - MCQs
Week - III	19-Aug-19	Monday	8	Types of Disasters	Slow onset Disasters & Rapid onset Disasters
	20-Aug-19	Tuesday	9		Simple and Complex Disasters
	21-Aug-19	Wednesday	10		Tsunami : A Case Study
	22-Aug-19	Thursday	11		Cyclone Phallin 2013: A Case Study
	23-Aug-19	Friday		3rd Weekly Assesement - MCQs
Week - IV	26-Aug-19	Monday	12	Disaster Management in India -An Over View	Evolution of Disaster Management in India
	27-Aug-19	Tuesday	13		Disaster and Disaster Management in India
	28-Aug-19	Wednesday	14		National institute of Disaster Management
	29-Aug-19	Thursday	15		National Disaster Management Act 2005
	30-Aug-19	Friday		4th Weekly Assesement - MCQs
Week - V	2-Sep-19	Monday	16	Disaster Management in India -An Over View	The National Policy on Disaster Management, 2009
	3-Sep-19	Tuesday	17	Refugee Problem	National Plan on Disaster Management 2016
	4-Sep-19	Wednesday	18		Refugee Problems
	5-Sep-19	Thursday	19		Impact of Disaster on the lives of Refugees
	6-Sep-19	Friday		5th Weekly Assesement - MCQs
Week - VI	9-Sep-19	Monday	20	Refugee Problem	Problems of Women and Children during disasters
	10-Sep-19	Tuesday	21	Refugee Problem	Principles Of Psychosocial Care, Issues And Recovery During Emergency
	11-Sep-19	Wednesday	22	Refugee Problem	Relationship between Disasters, Development and Vulnerabilities
	12-Sep-19	Thursday	22	Refugee Problem	Relationship between Disasters, Development and Vulnerabilities
	13-Sep-19	Friday		6th Weekly Assesement - MCQs
Week - VII	16-Sep-19	Monday	23	Refugee Problem	Equity Issues in Disasters
	17-Sep-19	Tuesday	24	Refugee Problem	Issues of Rehabilitation and Resettlement among the Disaster Survivors
	18-Sep-19	Wednesday	25	Refugee Problem	Stakeholders in Disaster Relief Management - An Introduction
	19-Sep-19	Thursday	26	Stakeholders in Disaster Relief Management	Central Government
	20-Sep-19	Friday		7th Weekly Assesement - MCQs
Week - VIII	23-Sep-19	Monday	27	Stakeholders in Disaster Relief Management	State Government
	24-Sep-19	Tuesday	28	Stakeholders in Disaster Relief Management	District Administration
	25-Sep-19	Wednesday	29		Armed Forces
	26-Sep-19	Thursday	29		Armed Forces
	27-Sep-19	Friday		8th Weekly Assesement - MCQs
Week - IX	30-Sep-19	Monday	30	Stakeholders in Disaster Relief Management	Para-Military Forces
	1-Oct-19	Tuesday	31	Stakeholders in Disaster Relief Management	Fire Services
	2-Oct-19	Wednesday	32	Disaster Risk Reduction	Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies
	3-Oct-19	Thursday	33	Disaster Risk Reduction	Risk Reduction Preparedness Plans
	4-Oct-19	Friday		9th Weekly Assesement - MCQs
Week - X	7-Oct-19	Monday	34	Disaster Risk Reduction	Action Plans and Procedures
	8-Oct-19	Tuesday	35		Early Warning Systems
	9-Oct-19	Wednesday	36		Components of Disaster Relief
	10-Oct-19	Thursday	37		Factors contributing to Vulnerability
	11-Oct-19	Friday		10th Weekly Assesement - MCQs
Week - XI	14-Oct-19	Monday	38	Disaster Risk Reduction	Disaster Risk Reduction - Master Planning for the Future,
Week - XI	15-Oct-19	Tuesday	39	Disaster Risk Reduction	Capacity Building Rehabilitation measures and long term reconstruction
	16-Oct-19	Wednesday	40		Understanding Kerala Disaster 2018
	17/10/2019	Thursday		11th Weekly Assesement - MCQs

Books and references

Coppola D P, 2007. Introduction to International Disaster Management, Elsevier Science (B/H), London.

Manual on natural disaster management in India, M C Gupta, NIDM, New Delhi

An overview on natural & man-made disasters and their reduction, R K Bhandani, CSIR, New Delhi

World Disasters Report, 2009. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Switzerland

Encyclopedia of disaster management, Vol I, II and IIIL Disaster management policy and administration, S L Goyal, Deep & Deep, New Delhi, 2006

Encyclopedia of Disasters – Environmental Catastrophes and Human Tragedies, Vol. 1 & 2, Angus M. Gunn, Greenwood Press, 2008

Disasters in India Studies of grim reality, Anu Kapur & others, 2005, 283 pages, Rawat Publishers, Jaipur

Management of Natural Disasters in developing countries, H.N. Srivastava & G.D. Gupta, Daya Publishers, Delhi, 2006, 201 pages

Natural Disasters, David Alexander, Kluwer Academic London, 1999, 632 pages

Disaster Management Act 2005, Publisher by Govt. of India

Publications of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Various Templates and Guidelines for Disaster Management

NIDM Publications

High Power Committee Report, 2001, J.C. Pant

Disaster Mitigation in Asia & Pacific, Asian Development Bank

National Disaster Management Policy, 2009, GoI

Disaster Preparedness Kit, American Red Cross

Instructor bio

Dr. Naveen Kumar Nanjundan
Assistant Professor of Centre for Folk Culture Studies, University of Hyderabad

Dr. Naveen teaches in the Pre-PhD and Optional Courses for Master of Arts programs at UOH. His research focuses on Community studies and Community Development, Folklore and Folklife studies. His teaching and research interests include Folklore, Social Work, Disaster Management, Research Methodology in Social Sciences and ICT in Education. He served as a faculty for B.S.W. and M.S.W. programs (2005-2007) at Roda Mistry College of Social Work & Research Centre,Hyderabad. Naveen received his B.A. and M.S.W from Bharathiar University, M.A. in Population Studies from Annamalai University and Ph.D. in Folk Culture Studies from University of Hyderabad. He is serving as a faculty member at University of Hyderabad since 2010.