Semester:

8

Course Code:

CE5750

Course Name:

Disaster Management

Credit Value:

2 (Notional hours: 100)

Prerequisites:

None

Core/Optional

Optional

Hourly Breakdown

Lecture hrs.

Tutorial hrs.

Practical hrs.

Assignments hrs.

Independent Learning & Assessment hrs.

20

-

-

20

60

Course Aim: To impart knowledge on fundamentals of disaster management including the origin, occurrence, and mitigation of natural and man-made hazards, and to emphasize the importance of sustainable development and planning for disaster risk mitigation.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;

➢      explain elements of disaster management, the disaster management cycle and the importance of sustainable development.

➢      describe the origin, occurrence and mitigation of natural and man-made hazards.

➢      appraise and analyze the compounding and multi hazard scenarios.

➢      assess hazard, vulnerability and risk of a disaster event and formulate a disaster risk mitigation plan.

➢      demonstrate and communicate disaster risk mitigation plans to the stakeholders.

Course Content:

➢    Introduction to disaster management: Elements of disaster management, hazard classification, compound- and multi-hazards

➢    Risk assessment and management – Introduction to disaster risk, strategies for disaster risk assessment and management, Agencies involved in disaster risk reduction.

➢    Geological hazards: Landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions - origin, occurrence, and mitigation

➢    Coastal hazards: Tsunami, storm surges, sea level rise, erosion and sedimentation - origin, occurrence, and mitigation

➢    Hydrological and meteorological hazards: Floods, droughts, cyclones, tornadoes, tropical storms, lightning, - origin, occurrence and mitigation

➢   Anthropogenic/other hazards: Oil and toxic material spills and other industrial hazards, pollution, nuclear hazards, climate change/global warming, terror, over-population, fire hazard and biological hazards

➢    Emergency management – Goals of emergency management, Emergency management plan, Situational assessment tool (S-W-O-T), TOWS matrix, Decision support system (Analytic Hierarchy Process)

➢    Group project : To formulate a disaster risk mitigation plan for the assigned scenario and communicate the same.

Teaching /Learning Methods:

Classroom lectures, group exercises

Assessment Strategy:

Continuous Assessment

40%

Final Assessment

60%

Details:

Group project - presentation and report     40%

Theory (%)

60

Practical (%)

-

Other (%)

-

Recommended Reading:

➢   Ranke, U. (2016). Natural Disaster Risk Management, Springer.

➢   Wisner, B., Blaikie, P., Cannon, T. and Davis, I. (2003). At Risk: natural hazards, people’s vulnerability and disasters, Second edition, Taylor and Francis Group.