Planning for Disaster Management
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The official GTU curriculum for Planning for Disaster Management (subject code 2724804) as prescribed for TACP · Semester 2 divides the course into 4 units, covering 28 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2724804)Unit 1 Hazard and Disaster
- factors and significance
- causes and effects of natural hazards viz
- flood and other hazards
- Disaster profile of India – regional and seasonal
- Scope and objectives of disaster mitigation
- preparedness and response
- Prerequisite for preparedness planning
- action plans and procedure
- models and checklists
- Disaster response planning
- Emergency operation support and management
- EOC planning and operations
Unit 2 Planning for disaster prone areas
- Vulnerability analysis
- Land use planning and regulations
- Temporary settlement and communications
- development planning tasks at the pre- disaster and post-disaster stages
- Shelter typology for different hazardous situations
- Housing design and planning at pre and post disaster level
- damage assessment
Unit 3 Emergency camps and shelter
- Emergency camps
- Vulnerability and low cost dwellings
- Temporary and emergency shelter design at post disaster stage
- Shelter components
- structures and erection
- reconstruction strategies
Unit 4 Roles of various organizations
- Policies and act for disaster management
- model building bylaw provisions in general and specific for earthquake and flood
- various organizations working for planning and management of disaster