UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BAR604

Disaster Management

L-T-P1-2-0 Credits3 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Arch · Sem 6 (Core)

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Syllabus

6 units
Unit1

Unit 1: Hazards & Disasters

Introduction to disaster management, Indian scenario, Understanding of disaster, Hazard and its classification, Vulnerability, Capacity, Risk. Various Types of disasters. To understand in detail for the cause, adverse effects, distribution patterns, mitigation measures of Earthquake, Tsunami, Cyclone, Flood and Landslide. Disaster Management cycle.

Unit2

Unit 2: Case Studies

Studies to understand above mentioned disasters (National as well as international) occurred in the past & their inferences.

Unit3

Unit 3

Disaster Preparedness Disaster Management Act, guidelines NDMA. Vulnerability Assessment & warning systems for above said disaster types.

Unit4

Unit 4: Disaster Response

Programmes and studies for disaster reduction, Communications.

Unit5

Unit 5: Disaster Mitigation

Pre disaster, emergency, transition, and recovery. Disaster management plan, Natural crisis management committee, State crisis management group.

Unit6

Unit 6: Disaster Resistant Construction Techniques

Risk reduction measures through land use control, site planning and land management, design and construction of structures for above mentioned disaster.

Course Objectives4 points
  • To make the students understand the disaster management cycle.
  • To create awareness about natural disasters, factors that cause them, and to foster knowledge about strategies for disaster prevention and management.
  • Overview of major natural disaster through case studies.
  • Their role in design & planning solutions, for reduction of risk and damages caused.
REFERENCE BOOKS7 books
  1. Building Configuration and Seismic Design-Christopher Arnold.
  2. Structural failures in Residential Buildings-Frich Schild & Others.
  3. Handbook of Planning security Planning & Design-Peter S. Hopf.
  4. S. Rajagopal – Problems of housing in cyclone prone areas – SERC, Vol.2 , Chennai, 1980.
  5. Office of the UN Disaster Relief Co-ordinator – Disaster prevention and mitigation, Vol 12, Social and Sociological aspects – UNO, NY, 1986.
  6. F.C. Cony et.al – Issue and problems in the prevention of disaster and housing – A review of experiences from recent disasters – Appropriate reconstruction and training information centre, 1978.
  7. S. Ramani, Disaster management – Advanced course on modern trends in housing – SERC, Vol 2, Chennai, 1980. CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF SESSIONALS NO. OF MARKS PER S.NO. PARTICULARS TOTAL ASSIGNMENTS ASSIGNMENT 1 Tutorial of Module 1 - 6 5 4 20 Seminar / Presentation 2 1 15 15 of Module 1 TOTAL 35

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