Description

Disaster management is a process of effectively preparing for and responding to disasters. It involves strategically organizing resources to lessen the harm that disasters cause. It also involves a systematic approach to managing the responsibilities of disaster prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. Looking at the vulnerability of the country to various hazards like the floods, cyclones and drought which can be predicted to the more sudden disasters like earthquakes, landslides and various manmade disasters which cannot be predicted and are very frequent in the present day world, it is time for us to have an insight into these hazards and get ourselves prepared.
Disaster Management as a subject essentially deals with management of resources and information as far as a disastrous event is concerned and also how effectively and seamlessly one coordinates these resources. Disaster management, at the individual and organisational level, deals with issues of planning, coordinating, communication and risk management. A book to teach disaster management would accomplish very little unless a broad spectrum of knowledge is imparted regarding essentials of disaster preparedness and focusses on techniques for effective community involvement, as well as highlighting ways of gathering relevant disaster related information and its effective dissemination. Equally important is the knowledge about various international and national agencies involved in disaster relief and humanitarian assistance. This book covers all these subjects in order to enhance the ability of students and professionals for better disaster response.
The book discusses various approaches and strategies to be used for effective and timely disaster preparedness and mitigation. This also focuses on appropriate measures for proper management of health and casualty, and reconstruction techniques.
The book has been divided into five modules:
First module helps to understand foundation of disaster and associated natural and social phenomenon.
Second module develops familiarity with disaster activities from incident response to recovery operations.
Third module explains the integrated stakeholder’s role in disaster preparedness and mitigation plans.
Fourth module is about the development of community involvement as an essential part of disaster management and Business Continuity Planning after Disaster Recovery.
Fifth module is about the development of humanitarian assistance to mitigate the effects disaster in the aftermath.