Classification of disasters, natural, man-made, technological; scale, intensity and frequency of disasters, hazard zone mapping, risk assessment, vulnerability mapping, extreme event analysis; Forecasting, early warning systems, disaster preparedness, monitoring techniques, response and disaster management, rehabilitation and reconstruction strategies; Case studies on flood, droughts, snow avalanches, landslides, earthquakes.

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• UNDRO, Guidelines for hazard evaluation procedures, United Nations Disasters Relief Organization, Vienna, 1995/b>
• Kumamoto, H. and Ernest, H.J., Probabilistic risk assessment and management for engineers and scientists, John Wiley, NY, 2000.
• Nagarajan, R., Landslide disaster-assessment and monitoring, Anmol Publications, New Delhi, 2004.
• Sharma, V.K., Disaster Management, United Press, New Delhi, 1995.