Major Hazards Management Syllabus for B.Tech Seventh Sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Major Hazards Management B.Tech 2016-2017 (R13) seventhsem is as follows
OBJECTIVE:
To understand the basic concepts of geology and its perspectives. To create the awareness of various natural environmental hazards and management.
UNIT I [9 Hours]
Geology and its perspectives. Formation of core, mantle, crust, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere – Elementary ideas of continental drift and plate tectonics – Evolution of ocean and continental basins.
UNIT II [9 Hours]
Ecology, ecosystem and biotic communities, human impact on air, land, soil, water, climate and forest resources – conservation of resources, coping with natural hazards.
UNIT III [9 Hours]
Natural Environmental Hazards: Various domains and classes of natural hazards- tropical cyclones, floods, landslides and earthquakes – Prediction control and awareness of earthquakes- volcanic types, distribution and causes – coastal erosion.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES: Upon completion of this course, the students would have
- Learnt the basic concepts relating to major hazards, risk, and ethics
- Gained the knowledge of environmental hazard management
TEXT BOOKS:
- Smith, K. Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster. Third Edition. 2001. Routledge Press.
- Burton, I, R.W. Kates, and G.F. White, The Environment as Hazard, Second Edition. Guilford Press. 1993.
REFERENCE:
- Godschalk, et. al., Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting Disaster Policy and Planning. Island Press. 1999.
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