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Course Outline:
Introduction to Hazards and Disasters (earthquakes, floods, droughts, landslides, cyclones, etc.), Social & Economic Aspects of Natural and human induced hazards, Hazard and Disaster Investigation,
Disaster Management, Pre-Disaster Phase (Prevention, Mitigation & Preparedness), Disaster Phase (Response, relief and recovery), Post-Disaster Phase (Rehabilitation, Development), Damage assessment, Disaster management policies and institutional infrastructure from national to local level
Monitoring of Infra-structure facilities; strategies for protection against possible damages; maintenance for different infrastructure facilities. Rehabilitation and repair strategies, Predictions and preparedness strategies for natural disasters such as Earthquakes etc; Emergency management; Awareness Programs; Follow-on Disasters; Recovery plans; Strategies for protection, Risk and Vulnerability Analysis; Disaster Mitigation
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Recommended Books:
- Thomas D. Schneid, Disaster Management and preparedness, CRC Press; 1 edition (November 22, 2000)
- David Alexander, Principles of Emergency planning and Management, Published in the United State of America by Oxford University Press Inc. 1998 Madison Avenue, New York 10016
- Timothy Beatley, Philip Berke, David J. Brower 1999 Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting Disaster Policy and Planning Island Press ISBN: 1559636025
- Charlotte Benson, Edward J. Clay (2004) Understanding the Economic and Financial Impacts of Natural Disasters World Bank Publications
- The primer on Disaster Risk management in Asia
- Mr. Aloysius J. Rego Director of Knowledge Sharing and partnerships and Co-Team Leader of Disaster management System team Asian Disaster preparedness Center (ADPC) 2003
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