Disaster Management detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the B.Arch students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Bachelor of Architecture 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to B.Arch Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of disaster management is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO DISASTERS 9 Disaster, hazard, vulnerability, resilience, risks. Types of disasters – earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, fire etc. Classification and causes. Impact including social, economic, political, environmental, health, psychosocial, etc. Differential impacts in terms of caste, class, gender, age, location, disability. Global trends in disasters: urban disasters, pandemics, complex emergencies, climate change. Dos and donts during various types of disasters.
Unit II
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Unit III
INTER-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISASTERS AND DEVELOPMENT 9 Factors affecting vulnerabilities. Differential impacts. Impact of development projects such as dams, embankments, changes in land-use etc. Climate change adaptation. IPCC scenario and scenarios in the context of India. Relevance of indigenous knowledge, appropriate technology and local resources.
Unit IV
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Unit V
DISASTER MANAGEMENT: APPLICATIONS, CASE STUDIES AND FIELD WORK 9 Landslide hazard zones – case Studies. Earthquake vulnerability assessment of buildings and infrastructure- case studies. Drought assessment- case studies. Coastal flooding, storm surge assessment, floods (fluvial and pluvial flooding) – case Studies. Forest fire – case studies. Manmade disasters – case studies. Space based inputs for disaster mitigation and management. Field work related to disaster management.
Course Outcomes:
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Required Reading:
- Singhal J.P. Disaster Management, Laxmi Publications, 2010.
- Tushar Bhattacharya, Disaster Science and Management, McGraw Hill India Education Pvt. Ltd., 2012.
- Gupta Anil K, Sreeja S. Nair. Environmental Knowledge for Disaster Risk Management, NIDM, New Delhi, 2011.
- KapurAnu, Vulnerable India: A Geographical Study of Disasters, IIAS and Sage Publishers, New Delhi, 2010.
Reference Books:
- Govt. of India: Disaster Management Act , Government of India, New Delhi, 2005.
- Government of India, National Disaster Management Policy,2009.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture 6th Sem, visit B.Arch 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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