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Text book of Disaster Management
Text book of Disaster Management
A.K. Shrivastava
ISBN : 9789389412451 Book Format : Book & eBook
E-ISBN : 9789389412468 Binding : Paper Back
Language : English Edition : 1
Imprint : Scientific Publishers © Year : 2024
Pages : 254 Trim Size : 6.2 x 9.2 x 0.5
Weight : 330 Gms
Book Type : Text Book
Print Book ₹375.00
Blurb

Globe is prone to many natural and manmade disasters every year and thus possesses a physical and economical crisis for human being. If nothing is prepared it will difficult to deal with the many challenges following a disaster. Disaster management is a multidisciplinary area, covering a wide range of issues such as monitoring, forecasting, evacuation, search and rescue, relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation. The management aspects like activities, awareness and use of state of art technology can play an important role in the minimization of its impact on people and their properties. The foremost aim of writing this book is to empower the students by providing the basic and general knowledge, services to be rendered in a disaster situation. The framework of disaster management at national, state and district level is facilitates their role and responsibilities to be undertaken in disaster situation is described including the policy, planning, organizational, operational, and other matters. The book covers all the task of implementation of the initiative of inculcating the culture of preparedness in the community as they are the first responders in case of a disaster.

The book includes, what, how, when and by whom what should be done before, during and after a disaster takes place. The book highlights the impacts of disasters on life and economy and provides concise information for their management. The monitoring, forecasting of many natural disaster and role of ministry and departments are explained in this text book. How the rescue and rehabilitation to be undertaken to fulfill the day to day need of affected people is also provided. To comprehend the reading more lucid the book has been divided into different chapters. The book will be of interest to students, faculty, community leaders, self-trained disaster managers, social workers, media personnel, bureaucrats and citizen. It will be an asset to any student who are pursuing a degree or appearing for any competitive examination.

Table of Contents

1

Basics of disaster

Disaster

Features of disaster

India natural disaster proneness

Types of disaster

Effect of disaster

Hazard

Types of hazard

Nature of hazard

Risk

Risk factors

Risk characterization

Vulnerability

Emergency and disaster

Disaster cycle

Development and disaster

1-20

2

Natural Disaster

Severity of natural disaster

Earthquake

The composition and structure of earth

Causes of earthquake

Measuring of earthquake

Earthquake risk zone of India

Major earthquakes

Earthquake monitoring

Earthquake prediction

Tsunami

Causes of Tsunami

Detection and Monitoring of Tsunami

Tsunami warning system

Volcano

Causes of volcano

Major volcano events

Cyclone

Causes of cyclone

Distribution pattern of Indian cyclones

Major cyclonic events of India

Naming of cyclonic storm

Cyclone monitoring and forecasting

Storm surge

Cloud burst

Impact of cloud burst

Cloud burst over Indian subcontinent

Cloud burst forecasting

Landslide

Causes of landslide

Distribution pattern

Avalanches

Area prone to avalanches

Forecasting of avalanches

Type of flooding

Causes of flood

Flood forecasting

Flood prone area of India

Major flood events

Drought

Types of drought

Causes of drought

Drought prone zone of India

Major drought events

Drought declaration

Drought management

21-73

3

Extreme weather events and climate change

Extreme weather events

Frequency and distribution

Heat wave

Cold wave

Cold wave injury

Climate

Climate change

Climate variability

Global warming

Green house gases

The green house effect

The glass house effect

Impact of climate change

Ozone and UV-B

Climate change mitigation

Extreme weather events in Bundelkhand Agroclimatic zone Madhya Pradesh

74-98

4

Manmade disaster

Nuclear disaster

Nuclear injuries

Protection from nuclear injury and attack

Chemical disaster

Sources of chemical disaster

Major chemical accidents in India

Biological disaster

Bio- terrorism

Biological agents

Major biological events

World biggest epidemic and pandemic

Action plan for management

Early detection and warning signals

Other Manmade disasters

Riot

Terrorism

War

99-115

5

Accidents

Fire accident

Fire hazard

Building fire

Coal fire

Major coal fire events

Forest fire

Wildfire

Major forest fire events

Forest fire proneness in India

Indian Forest Fire Response and Assessment System

Deforestation

Forest and disaster vulnerability

Oil fire

Effect oil fire

Major oil fire events

Fire safety

Protection and prevention

Fire code

Fire safety education

Road accident

Road accident prone zone

Causes of road accident

Rail accidents

Major rail accidents

Air accidents

Causes of air accident

Major air accidents

Industrial accident

Major industrial accidents

116-133

6

Pollution

Air pollution

Causes of air pollution

Source of air pollution

Air pollutants

Major air pollution events

Control measures of air pollution

Water pollution

Cause of water pollution

Source of water pollution

Major pollutants

Major water pollution events

Control measures of water pollution

Impact of water pollution on plants

Soil pollution

Causes of soil pollution

Major soil pollutants

Control measure of soil pollution

Land pollution

Phyto-remediation

134-149

7

Disaster management

Disaster and their management

Disaster management components

Disaster management cycle

Disaster mitigation

Disaster risk reduction

Disaster mitigation plan

Disaster mitigation plan at national level

Disaster mitigation plan at international level

Disaster Contingency Plan

Emergency Planning

Risk assessment

Disaster Management

Early warning signal and detection

150-176

8

Disaster Management in India

Disaster Management Act

National Policy on disaster management

National disaster management system

Disaster information flow and alerts

Different institutional mechanism

Committee for disaster management in India

National disaster management framework

National level crisis management committee

State level crisis management committee

Role of Other Departments/Agencies

Financial Mechanism and Activities

Financial arrangement

177-190

9

Role and response

Role

Disaster Management Structures

Role of citizen

Role of armed force

Role of police force

State disaster response force

National disaster response force

Role of non-governmental organisation

Role of media

Role of social media

Role community knowledge

Role of community

Role of student

Role of technology

Disaster responsibility

Administrative responsibility

Community action plan

Disaster preparedness

191-205

 

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11

Rescue and rehabilitation

Rescue

Rescue operations

Disasters and rehabilitation

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill

Disaster recovery plan

Nature of recovery

Disaster Education

Government initiatives towards disaster education

Capacity development in India

Capacity development programme at different level

Ministry of Human Resource Development

National Disaster Management Authority

Capacity gaps in disaster management

Benefits from disaster management education

National Day for Disaster Reduction in India

206-210

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

211-218

 

 

 

 

Appendix

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IV

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Date :- Mon Apr 20 2026