Basic Concepts of Disaster Management

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To familiarize the candidates with the concepts, terminologies and developments in the field of Disaster Management and to create awareness for the job role as a Disaster Manager.

Topics

  1. Introduction – the necessity of studying Disaster Management (DM); the scope for a Disaster Manager.
  2. Disaster – definition; types of disasters; history of disasters; components of a disaster; dimension of a disaster; phases of a disaster.
  3. Hazard – definition; types of hazards; characteristic features, occurrence and impact of different types of hazards viz. natural hazards (including geo hazards), man-made hazards, environmental hazards, biohazards; hazard map of India.
  4. Vulnerability – definition; types of vulnerability, such as physical vulnerability, socio-economic vulnerability, vulnerability related to gender and age, rural & urban vulnerability; vulnerability analysis with special reference to India.
  5. Disaster Risk – definition; significance; factors of disaster risk; disaster risk analysis (with special reference to the Indian context); inter-relationship between hazard, vulnerability and disaster risk; global disaster risk situation; disaster risk situation of India; hazard-vulnerability maps of India.
  6. Disaster Management – definition; components of DM; crisis management; risk management; disaster management cycle; impact of disaster on development; UNISDR mandate in disaster relief & management; IDNDR; Yokohama Strategy and Hyogo Framework – a ‘Paradigm shift’ in disaster management policy (policy for reduction of disaster consequences); India’s response to changes in DM Policy.

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