Disaster Risk Reduction and Management detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil 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 Civil Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Mandatory Course-I scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Mandatory Course-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of disaster risk reduction and management is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
HAZRADS, VULNERABILITY AND DISASTER RISKS 9 Definition: Disaster, Hazard, Vulnerability, Resilience, Risks – Types of Disasters: Natural, Human induced, Climate change induced -Earthquake, Landslide, Flood, Drought, Fire etc – Technological disasters- Structural collapse, Industrial accidents, oil spills -Causes, Impacts including social, Economic, political, environmental, health, psychosocial, etc.- Disaster vulnerability profile of India and Tamil Nadu – Global trends in disasters: urban disasters, pandemics, Complex emergencies, –, Inter relations between Disasters and Sustainable development Goals
Unit II
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Unit III
DISASTER MANAGEMENT 9 Components of Disaster Management – Preparedness of rescue and relief, mitigation, rehabilitation and reconstruction- Disaster Risk Management and post disaster management – Compensation and Insurance- Disaster Management Act (2005) and Policy – Other related policies, plans, programmers and legislation – Institutional Processes and Framework at State and Central Level- (NDMA -SDMA-DDMA-NRDF- Civic Volunteers)
Unit IV
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Unit V
DISASTER MANAGEMENT: CASE STUDIES 9 Discussion on selected case studies to analyse the potential impacts and actions in the contest of disasters-Landslide Hazard Zonation: 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, Man Made disasters: Case Studies, Space Based Inputs for Disaster Mitigation and Management and field works related to disaster management.- Field work-Mock drill –
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Govt. of India: Disaster Management Act, Government of India, New Delhi, 2005.
- Government of India, National Disaster Management Policy, 2009.
- Shaw R (2016), Community based Disaster risk reduction, Oxford University Press
Course Outcomes:
- To impart knowledge on the concepts of Disaster, Vulnerability and Disaster Risk reduction (DRR)
- To enhance understanding on Hazards, Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Assessment prevention and risk reduction
- To develop disaster response skills by adopting relevant tools and technology
- Enhance awareness of institutional processes for Disaster response in the country and
- Develop rudimentary ability to respond to their surroundings with potential Disaster response in areas where they live, with due sensitivity
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Civil Engineering 5th Sem, visit Civil 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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