Geospatial Techniques for Disaster Management Detailed Syllabus for Geo-Informatics and Surveying Technology M.Tech first year second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.<\/p>\n
The detailed syllabus for Geospatial Techniques for Disaster Management M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year second sem is as follows.<\/p>\n
M.Tech. I Year II Sem.<\/p>\n
Course Objective:<\/strong> To understand the application of Remote sensing and GIS for natural disasters<\/p>\n Course Outcome:<\/strong> at the end of the course the student will able to learn to evaluate the spatial data for disaster and risk management, assess and monitor the natural disasters Develop methods for early warning systems, and Prepare the long term disaster management plans in geospatial environment.<\/p>\n UNIT – I : Geologic Hazards:\u00a0<\/strong>Earthquake, landslide: Meaning and types of disasters \u2013 earthquakes and Tsunamis \u2013 volcanoes \u2013 landslides \u2013 selection of variables \u2013 creation of GIS layers \u2013 space-time analysis \u2013 commissions and boards-case studies.<\/p>\n UNIT – II: Floods and Cyclones:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0cyclone related parameters and effects on land and sea \u2013 Life cycle, Classification, movement & UNIT – III : Drought and Desertification:\u00a0<\/strong>Types of droughts \u2013 factors influencing droughts \u2013 variable identification \u2013 vegetation index \u2013 land use \/ground water level changes \u2013 delimiting drought prone areas \u2013 processes of desertification \u2013 over utilization of water and land resources layer creation \u2013 GIS based management strategies \u2013 case studies.<\/p>\n UNIT – IV : Anthropogenic Disasters & Marine Disasters:\u00a0<\/strong>Atmospheric Disasters: Ozone layer depletion \u2013 green house \/ global warming \u2013 acid rain \u2013 snow melt \u2013 sea level rise \u2013 related problems layer creation \u2013 coastal erosion and deposition \u2013 parameters\/factors identification \u2013 over lays \u2013 analysis \/ management strategies \u2013 commissions and boards -case studies.<\/p>\n UNIT \u2013 V : Ecology related Disasters & Decision support system:\u00a0<\/strong>Ecological degradation \u2013 nuclear disaster and biodiversity loss \u2013 parameters (mapping of forest types, protected areas and natural forests) \u2013 habitant loss \u2013 conserving bio-diversity (species and TEXT BOOKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n REFERENCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCyclone intensity, Flooding: topography, land use and flooding \u2013 space-time integration \u2013 GIS based parameters and layers \u2013 flood prone area analysis and management \u2013 risk assessment \u2013 commissions and boards, Soil erosion \u2013 coral \/ mangrove depletion \u2013 forest fire-mining \u2013 overlay analysis \u2013 GIS modeling \u2013 case studies.<\/p>\n
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