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SWDE0818 DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Semester Fourth
Title of the paper DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Paper code SWDE0818
Number of teaching hours per week 03
Total number of teaching hours per 45
semester
Number of credits 03

Objectives

 To provide students an exposure to disasters, their significance and types.
 To develop an understanding of the process of disaster-management
 To gain a preliminary understanding of approaches of Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR)
 To develop capacity to work with different agencies, initiate the intervention strategies

and develop skills to assess the vulnerability.

Unit I: Disasters 9 hrs

Definition of concepts: Disaster, Hazard, Vulnerability, Resilience, Risks Causes, types of
disasters: Natural disaster: Meteorological: Storm, cyclone. Topological: Avalanche. Telluric:
Earthquake. Manmade disasters: riots, blasts, industrial, militancy, displacement

Unit II: Impact of Disaster 5 hrs

Effects: Physical, social, economic, psychological impacts on individuals, families, groups,
communities and nations

Unit III: Approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction 12 hrs

Disaster Management and Phases. Pre-disaster: Prevention, Preparation, education
vulnerability and preparedness. Actual disaster: Contingency, short-term and long term plans,
search, relief, rescue, recovery and restoration. Post disaster: Rehabilitation and
commemorations Roles and responsibilities of- Community, Panchayati Raj
Institutions/Urban Local Bodies (PRIs/ULBs), States, Centre, and other stake-holders.

Unit IV: Disaster Risk Management in India 9 hrs

Hazard and Vulnerability profile of India; Components of Disaster Relief: Water, Food,
Sanitation, Shelter, Health, Waste Management, Institutional arrangements (Mitigation,
Response and Preparedness,) Disaster policy in India: DM Act and Policy, Other related
policies, plans, programmes and legislation) National and International agencies: NDMA,
NIDM, NCMC; UN, UNDRO, UNESCO, UNDP; Role of NGOs, Media and Defence.

Unit V: Role of Social Worker in Disaster Management 10 hrs

Role of Social Worker in providing Psychosocial support in disaster, Capacity building,
Research and Documentation. Role of Social Work professionals at different levels:
Resources mobilization, working with other professionals, working with government and
voluntary organizations.

Case Studies: Bhopal gas tragedy, Gujarat & Marathwada earthquakes, Orissa super cyclone,
Tsunami 2004, Any Recent disasters

References:

 Alexander David, Introduction in 'Confronting Catastrophe', Oxford University Press, 2000

 Andharia J. Vulnerability in Disaster Discourse, JTCDM, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Working Paper no. 8, 2008

 Indian Journal of Social Work 2002. Special Issue on Psychosocial Aspects of Disasters,
Volume 63, Issue 2, April

 Kapur Anu 2010: Vulnerable India: A Geographical Study of Disasters, IIAS and Sage
Publishers, New Delhi.

 Parasuraman S, Acharya Niru 2000. Analysing forms of vulnerability in a disaster, The
Indian Journal of Social Work, vol 61, issue 4, October

 Pelting Mark, 2003 The Vulnerability of Cities: Natural Disaster and Social Resilience
Earthscah publishers, London

 Reducing risk of disasters in our communities, Disaster theory, Tearfund, 2006.

 UNISDR, Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development: Understanding the links
between Development, Environment and Natural Disasters, Background Paper No. 5. 2002.

 IFRC, 2005. World Disaster Report: Focus on Information in Disaster, pp. 182-225.

 Abarquez I and Murshed Z .2004. Community-Based Disaster Risk Management: Field
Practitioners‟ Handbook. New Delhi: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center.

 Anderson M and Woodrow P. 1998. Rising from the Ashes: Development Strategies in
Times of Disaster. London: ITDG Publishing.

 Deshpande, B.G. 1996. Earthquakes. Animals and Man. Gurgaon: JAC Trust.

 Heijmans A and Victoria L 2001. Citizenry-Based and Development-Oriented Disaster
Response. Philippines: Centre for Disaster Preparedness.

 Mohan, Munasinghe and Clarke Caroline. 1992. Disaster Prevention for Sustainable
Development, Economic and Policy Issues. Geneva: World Bank.

 Tearfund UK. 2004. Development and Risk Reduction in the Indian State of Andhra
Pradesh: A case study.

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