This document outlines the course content and schedule for an 8th semester course on Hazard and Disaster Management. The course covers: - Introduction to natural and human-induced hazards like earthquakes, floods, droughts and their social and economic impacts. It also covers hazard and disaster investigation. - Disaster management phases including pre-disaster (prevention, mitigation and preparedness), disaster response and relief, and post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation. - Infrastructure monitoring, maintenance and strategies for protection against damages from natural disasters. Emergency management, awareness programs, risk analysis, mitigation and recovery plans are also discussed.

1. Hazard and Disaster Management – 8th Semester
Course Content:
• Introduction to Hazards and Disasters (earthquakes, floods, droughts, landslides, cyclones, etc.), Social & Economic Aspects of Natural and
human induced hazards, Hazard and Disaster Investigation,
• Disaster Management, Pre-Disaster Phase (Prevention, Mitigation & Preparedness), Disaster Phase (Response, relief, and recovery), Post-
Disaster Phase (Rehabilitation, Development), Damage assessment, Disaster management policies and institutional infrastructure from national
to local level
• Monitoring of Infra-structure facilities; strategies for protection against possible damages; maintenance for different infrastructure facilities.
Rehabilitation and repair strategies, Predictions and preparedness strategies for natural disasters such as Earthquakes etc;
• Emergency management; Awareness Programs; Follow-on Disasters; Recovery plans; Strategies for protection, Risk and Vulnerability
Analysis; Disaster Mitigation

2. Hazard and Disaster Management – 8th Semester
Week Planned Topics Topic Taught
Planned
Quiz
Quiz
Taken
Planned
Assign.
Assign.
Taken
1 -
General Introductory Lessons by different
instructors
2 -
3 -
4 - Joining (03/04/2023)
5 Introduction to Hazards and Disasters (earthquakes,
floods, droughts, landslides, cyclones, etc.)
First lecture
1. to Hazards and Disasters (earthquakes,
floods, droughts, landslides, cyclones, etc.)
2. Vulnerability, Risk, Capacity, Other basic
definitions
1
A#1
Assigned
6 Social & Economic Aspects of Natural and human
induced hazards; Hazard and Disaster Investigation
3. Social & Economic Aspects of Natural and
human induced hazards
4. Hazard and Disaster Investigation;
2
A#2
Assigned
A#1
Collected
7 Disaster Management; Vulnerability, Risk, Capacity,
Other basic definitions
EID HOLIDAYS
(NO CLASS)
Quiz# 1&2
Taken
A#2
Collected
8 Disaster Management; Disaster Management Cycle;
Various stages of Disaster
- Mid-Term -
9 Pre-Disaster Phase (Prevention, Mitigation &
Preparedness)
- Mid-Term -
10 Post-Disaster Phase (Rehabilitation, Development)
11
Disaster management policies and institutional
infrastructure from national to local level;
NDMA Framework
12
Emergency preparedness Plan; Disaster Investigation
Models; Forensic Disaster
Investigations in Depth (FORIN): Model
13
Sustainability Recovery after Disaster; Monitoring of
Infra-structure facilities; Strategies for protection against
possible damages; Maintenance for different
infrastructure facilities
14
- Predictions and preparedness strategies for natural
disasters such as Earthquakes etc.;
- Emergency management;
- Rehabilitation and repair strategies

3. Week Planned Topics Topic Taught
Planned
Quiz
Quiz
Taken
Planned
Assign.
Assign.
Taken
15
Awareness Programs;
- Strategies for protection
- Risk and Vulnerability Analysis
- Disaster Mitigation
- Follow-on Disasters
- Recovery plans
16
Use of GIS in Disaster management ; use of ArcGIS to
prepare Multiple Hazard Mapping (MHM) (planned use
of software)