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🌀 Disaster Management Notes
Hazards, vulnerability and risk; earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, floods and droughts; man-made disasters; prevention, mitigation and the Sendai Framework; India's Disaster Management Act and institutions; remote sensing and GIS for disasters.
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Chapters
- 01Disasters — Concepts, Types & India's Vulnerability ProfileHazard, disaster, vulnerability, risk and capacity; classification of disasters (natural and man-made, by speed of onset); the disaster-risk equation; and India's multi-hazard vulnerability — earthquakes, floods, cyclones, droughts, landslides and tsunamis — with the states most exposed.Read →
- 02Earthquakes, Cyclones, Tsunamis, Floods & Droughts — Causes and EffectsCauses, effects, warning and basic mitigation for the main natural hazards — earthquakes (plate movement, magnitude and intensity, seismic zones), tropical cyclones (formation, naming, storm surge, IMD categories), tsunamis, floods and droughts — with Indian examples.Read →
- 03Man-made Disasters & Their MitigationIndustrial and chemical accidents, fires, nuclear and radiological emergencies, building collapse, transport accidents, stampedes, oil spills and biological emergencies — major Indian cases (Bhopal 1984 and others), their causes and the legal, technical and community measures that prevent or reduce them.Read →
- 04Disaster Prevention & Mitigation StrategiesThe disaster management cycle (prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery), structural and non-structural mitigation, hazard-wise strategies, early warning, community-based disaster management, build-back-better and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030.Read →
- 05Disaster Management in India — Institutions, Act & PolicyThe Disaster Management Act, 2005 and its 2025 amendment, NDMA, NEC, SDMA, DDMA, NDRF, SDRF, NIDM, the National Policy (2009) and National Disaster Management Plan, disaster funds (NDRF/SDRF and mitigation funds), the role of the armed forces and nodal ministries.Read →
- 06Remote Sensing & GIS in Disaster AssessmentHow satellites, remote sensing and GIS support every phase of disaster management — hazard and vulnerability mapping, early warning, damage assessment and recovery — with sensor types, Indian satellites and agencies (NRSC, ISRO DMS programme, Bhuvan) and examples for floods, cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, landslides and forest fires.Read →
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