Syllabus
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Course Code: GT-904 Course Name: Geohazards and Disaster Management |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Introduction: disasters, types, natural disasters, impact of disasters on environment, basic principles and elements of disaster mitigation and management. | |
| 2 | Earthquakes: introduction to earthquake, causes of earthquakes, earthquake intensity scales, seismic activity in India, action plan for earthquakes, actions to be taken before, after and during earthquake. Landslides: introduction to landslide, Causes of landslides, types of landslide and their mitigations. | |
| 3 | Floods: introduction to flood, causes of floods, flood mitigation practice, vulnerability analysis, risk assessment, action plan for floods, actions to be taken before, after and during floods. Tsunami: introduction of tsunami, causes of tsunami and their mitigations. | |
| 4 | Droughts: introduction to droughts, causes of droughts, types of droughts and their mitigations, soil erosion and desertification. | |
