Disaster Management Plan (DMP):
- General.
Cyclones and their Hazard Potential:
Classification of Low-Pressure Systems, Statistics of Cyclonic Storms Over Indian Seas, Movement of Cyclqnes in Indian Seas, Storm Surges.
India Meteorological Department and Cyclone Warnings in India:
Hazard Potential of Cyclonic Storms, Cyclone Prediction and Dissemination of Warnings, Dissemination of Cyclone Warnings, Cydone Warnings through INSAT, Port Warnings with Day and Night hoisting Sib'Tlals.
Cyclones Disaster Management – Plan:
Hazard Potentials Associated with Cyclones, Vulnerability Reduction, Early Warning.
Action Plan for Cyclone Disaster Management.
Role of Different Institutions in Natural Disaster Management:
Role of Zilla Parishad, Role of PRA Groups in Disaster Management, Role of NGOs, Self Help Groups in Disaster Management, Role of Red Cross in Disaster Management.
The Role of Defence and other Services in Disaster Management:
Role of Air Force in Disaster Management, Role of Medical and Health Department in Cyclone disaster management, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Role of Remote Sensing in Disaster Management, Role of Broadcast, Educational Media in disaster management.
4Floods:
Water Wealth of India, Definition of Flood, Role of Central Water Commission, Monsoons, Flood Warning Signals and Precautionary Actions, Water Purification Technologies in Flood Affected Areas.
Drought:
Meteorological Drought, Breaks in the Monsoon, Drought Management Plan, Drought Years for Different Met Subdivision of India, Drought Assesment, Drought Parameters, Role of Banking, Insurance, Microfinance in drought mitigation, Drought Monitoring, Drought Research Unit (IMD), Rainwater harvesting.
Earth quakes:
Interior Structure of the Earth, Plate Techtonics, Seismcity of India, Earthquake Forecast and disaster management, Tsunamis, Landslides and Avalanches, Volcanoes.
Hazards associated with Convective Clouds:
Climatology of World Thunderstorms, Lightning, Some Effects of Electric Shock, Favours and Frownings of Thunderstorms, Hailstorms, Tornadoes, Waterspouts, DustDevils, Nowcasting, Summer Thunderstorms over India, Cold Waves and Heat Waves - Cold Waves in India, Heat Waves in India.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
Question paper pattern:
Textbook
1 Earth and Atmospheric Disasters Management Natural and Man-made Navale Pandharinath, C. K. Rajan, BS Publications 2009