Notes for Disaster Mitigation and Management (latest syllabus AY-2021-2022)
Disaster Management & Mitigation - UNIT-I
Disaster Management & Mitigation - UNIT-II
Disaster Management & Mitigation - UNIT-III
Disaster Management & Mitigation - UNIT-IV
Disaster Management & Mitigation - UNIT-V
IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS
Types of hydrometeorological disasters and geographical based disasters
Ways in which remote sensing and GIS help in disaster mitigation and management
Bhopal gas tragedy as a chemical industrial disaster
Differences between human induced and human made disasters
Natural Disasters
Crowdsourcing and ICT in disaster management
Instruments used to predict occurrence of natural disasters
Landslides and use of remote sensing to predict their occurrence
APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING & GIS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT - 1
List of Indian Remote Sensing Satellites
Disaster Management Information System (DMIS)
Traffic accidents becoming a hazard - An example (Case study)
Effects of a major power breakdown
Risk and Vulnerability in the context of disaster management
Vulnerability of India to disasters
Classification of disasters
Desertification
Drought
Avalanche
Landslides
DRR - Disaster Risk Reduction
Definition of Disaster
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction - IDNDR
Floods in India
What is disaster management & Disaster Management Cycle
Tsunami
Disaster Management Continuum
National Disaster Management Structure
Avalanche
Cyclones
Natural Disasters - Hydrometeorological based disasters
Introduction to Disaster Management
Geospatial technologies currently used for Disaster Mitigation and Management
The following questions for the course on Disaster management and mitigation have actually appeared on previous final examination question papers!
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT & MANAGEMENT
Important material for disaster management (Overall in brief - few topics in the syllabus might not be covered)
Geo-spatial technologies in disaster management
Major power breakdowns as a disaster
Warning and forecasting methods in disaster management
Vulnerability and Risk in disaster management
GIS in disaster management
What is GIS
What is Remote Sensing
Notes, and website links - REFERENCES
Man-made and Human-Induced disasters in detail
Very useful website (blog)
Disaster Mitigation
Names given to cyclones in different parts of the world
Landslide Vs Avalanche - The difference
Methods to measure an earthquake
Characteristics of natural disasters
Man-made disasters and Human-induced disasters
Natural Disasters - Tsunami: Causes, Effects and response
Disaster Management & Mitigation - UNIT-II
Disaster Management & Mitigation - UNIT-III
Disaster Management & Mitigation - UNIT-IV
Disaster Management & Mitigation - UNIT-V
IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS
Types of hydrometeorological disasters and geographical based disasters
Ways in which remote sensing and GIS help in disaster mitigation and management
Bhopal gas tragedy as a chemical industrial disaster
Differences between human induced and human made disasters
Natural Disasters
Crowdsourcing and ICT in disaster management
Instruments used to predict occurrence of natural disasters
Landslides and use of remote sensing to predict their occurrence
APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING & GIS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT - 1
List of Indian Remote Sensing Satellites
Disaster Management Information System (DMIS)
Traffic accidents becoming a hazard - An example (Case study)
Effects of a major power breakdown
Risk and Vulnerability in the context of disaster management
Vulnerability of India to disasters
Classification of disasters
Desertification
Drought
Avalanche
Landslides
DRR - Disaster Risk Reduction
Definition of Disaster
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction - IDNDR
Floods in India
What is disaster management & Disaster Management Cycle
Tsunami
Disaster Management Continuum
National Disaster Management Structure
Avalanche
Cyclones
Natural Disasters - Hydrometeorological based disasters
Introduction to Disaster Management
Geospatial technologies currently used for Disaster Mitigation and Management
The following questions for the course on Disaster management and mitigation have actually appeared on previous final examination question papers!
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT & MANAGEMENT
Important material for disaster management (Overall in brief - few topics in the syllabus might not be covered)
Geo-spatial technologies in disaster management
Major power breakdowns as a disaster
Warning and forecasting methods in disaster management
Vulnerability and Risk in disaster management
GIS in disaster management
What is GIS
What is Remote Sensing
Notes, and website links - REFERENCES
Man-made and Human-Induced disasters in detail
Very useful website (blog)
Disaster Mitigation
Names given to cyclones in different parts of the world
Landslide Vs Avalanche - The difference
Methods to measure an earthquake
Characteristics of natural disasters
Man-made disasters and Human-induced disasters
Natural Disasters - Tsunami: Causes, Effects and response
