Disaster Management and Sustainable Development

Paper Code: 
PAD 424-B
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To develop an understanding of Disasters and Disaster Management , Strategies ,to learn the international and national policies, institutional mechanisms in  disaster services , to understand Sustainable Development concepts

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Disaster: Meaning - Concept of Hazard, Risk, Vulnerability and Disaster – Impact of disasters: Physical, economic, political, psychosocial, ecological, and others; developmental aspects of disasters - Types and Classification of Disasters - Nature Induced Disasters and Human Induced Disasters

 

 

12.00

Disaster Management Cycle: Mitigation and prevention, Preparedness, Prediction and Early warning, Rescue and Relief, Impact assessment, Response, Recovery, Reconstruction; Disaster Risk Reduction; Community Based Disaster Management (CBDRM); Community and Societal - National Disaster Profile

 

 

 

12.00

Global issues and initiatives- World Conference on Disaster Reduction (2005), Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-15), Sphere Standards – 2012, Disaster Management Act 2005; National Disaster Management Policy 2009; National Disaster Management Framework 2005; Administrative and Institutional structures for disaster management

 

 

12.00

UNFCC, IPCC, UNDP, UNISDR, SAARC, WORLD BANK, UNICEF, Role of the

Central and the State Governments, International and National Non-Governmental Organisations, Educational Institutions, Voluntary Organisations, Community Based Organisations, Youth groups

 

12.00

Sustainable Development: Introduction and History , Brundtland, Rio, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable development with emphasis on inclusive development, Efficiency and Innovation, Green Growth, Role of National Green Tribunal

 

Essential Readings: 

Ø  Abarquez I. & Murshed Z. Community Based Disaster Risk Management. (2004). Field Practitioner’s Handbook, ADPC, Bangkok, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Bangkok.

Ø  Anderson M and Woodrow P. (1998). Rising from the Ashes: Development Strategies in Times of Disaster. London: ITDG Publishing, www.itdgpublishing.org.uk .

Ø  B.K.Khanna. (2005). Disasters: All You Wanted to Know About, Delhi: New India Publishing Agency, Delhi.

Ø  Blaikie P, Cannon T, Davis I and Wisner B. (2004). At risk: Natural hazards, people’s Vulnerability and Disaster. London: Routledge.

Ø  Maheswari, Sudha Disaster damage estimation models: Data needs vs. ground reality: By Sudha Maheshwari, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick.

Ø  Disaster Management Act. (2005). Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi: Government of India.

Ø  Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 – 2015: building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters http://www.unisdr.org/we/coordinate/hfa

Ø  Kapur, A. (2005). Disasters in India: Studies of Grim Reality, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

Ø  Manual on Natural Disaster Management in India. (2001). New Delhi: NCDM.

Ø  Narayana R.L., Srinivasa Murthy, R., Daz P. (2003). Disaster mental health in India: Monograph. New Delhi: American Red Cross. Indian Red Cross.

Ø  National Policy on Disaster Management. (2009). New Delhi: NDMA.

Ø  Singh, R.B. (2009). Natural Hazards and Disaster Management, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

Ø  Parasuraman. S., and Unnikrishnan. P.V. (Eds). (1999). India Disasters Report: Towards Policy Initiative, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Ø  Sahni, Pardeep et.al. (eds.) 2002. Disaster Mitigation Experiences and Reflections, New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India.

The Sphere Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response http://www.sphereproject.org/handbook/

 

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