“DISASTER MANAGEMENT” SYLLABUS FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS

The term “Disaster” is derived from the French word “désastre”, a combination of two words: “des” meaning “bad” and “aster” meaning “star”. The term refers to “Bad or Evil”. Two types of disasters (Natural and Man-made) lead to sudden disruptions of normal life, severe damage to life, property, the environment, and the economy, and affect a community that can’t handle them alone. In essence, a disaster occurs when a hazardous event interacts with conditions of exposures and vulnerability, and the community lacks sufficient capacity to cope. The classification of Natural Disasters and Man-Made Disasters is given below.

1)Natural Disaster

1. Earthquake
2. Tsunami
3. Cyclone
4. Flood
5. Drought
6. Land Slides
7. Storms
8. Epidemics
9. Insect infections
10. Extreme Temperature
11. Avalanches

2)Man-made Disaster

1. Wild Fire
2. Industrial and Chemical Disaster
3. Biological Disaster Bio Terrorism
4. Nuclear and Chemical Disaster
5. Stampede
6. Road Accidents
7. Rail Accidents
8. Air Accidents
9. Epidemics in India
10. Global Warming
11. Deforestation
12. War
13. Terrorism
14. Riots
15. Poluutions

3) Vulnerability

4) Disaster Management Cycle

5) Disaster preparedness in India

6) Prevention & Mitigation

7) Recovery, Reconstruction & Rehabilitation

8) International Cooperation

9) Major Natural Disaster

10) World’s Deadliest Disaster

11) India’s Deadliest Disaster

12) Mitigation Strategies/Mitigation Measures

13)  Disaster Management key concept

14) Disaster management in India

15) Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the Assessment of Disaster Remote Sensing

16) Technical Components of Remote Sensing 

17) Geographical Information System

18) Remote Sensing