M.B.

A (Disaster Management) – Regular Programme

(Course structure and scheme of examination from the academic year 2019-20)

S. N Code Name of the course Credit Hours/ Marks

Week
SEMESTER I IA EA Total
1 101 Basics of Disaster Management 4 4 25 75 100
2 102 Disaster Management Governance 5 5 25 75 100
3 103 Managerial Economics 5 5 25 75 100
4 104 Management Concepts 4 4 25 75 100
5 105 Ecosystems and Habitat (Elective) 4 4 25 75 100
Library/Seminar/Spoken English - 8 - - -
Total 22 30 - - 500
 Semester – I
Course
BASICS OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT Credits: 4 Hours: 4
code: 101
Objectives ➢ To familiarize the Students with the concepts, terminologies and developments
in the field of Disaster Management and to inform them about the prospects of
a Disaster Manager.
Unit-I Introduction: Concepts and definitions- Disaster, Hazard, Vulnerability, Resilience and
Risks. Disaster management: Meaning, Nature, Importance, Dimensions & Scope-
Disaster Management Cycle.
Unit-II Natural disasters: Natural Disasters- Meaning and nature of natural disasters, their types
and effects. Hydrological Disasters - Floods, Droughts, Cloud bursts. Geological
Disasters- Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Landslides, Volcanic eruptions.
Unit-III Types of natural disasters: Wind related- Cyclones, Storms, Storm surges, Tidal waves,
Heat and cold Waves. Climate change- Global warming- Sea level rise- Ozone
Depletion.
Unit-IV Man-made disasters: CBRN – Chemical disasters, biological disasters, radiological
disasters, nuclear disasters. Fire – building fire, coal fire, forest fire, Oil fire.
Unit-V Types of man-made disasters: Accidents- road accidents, rail accidents, air accidents,
sea accidents. Pollution - air pollution, water pollution. Deforestation, Industrial waste,
Desertification, Mine and Quarries.
References and text books
Alexander, David. 2000. Introduction in 'Confronting Catastrophe', Oxford University Press.
Andharia, J. 2008. Vulnerability in Disaster Discourse, JTCDM, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Working Paper No. 8.
Blaikie, P, Cannon T, Davis I, Wisner, B. 1997. At Risk: Natural Hazards, Peoples' Vulnerability and
Disasters, Routledge.
Bryant Edwards. 2005. Natural Hazard. Cambridge University Press.
Carter, Nick. 1991. Disaster Management: A Disaster Manager's Handbook, Asian Development
Bank, Manila, Philippines.
Edward A. Keller and Robert. H. Blodgett. 2008. Natural Hazards. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Goel. S.L. 2007. Disaster Administration and Management. 2007. Deep & Deep publication
Gupta Anil K, Sreeja S. Nair. 2011 Environmental Knowledge for Disaster Risk Management, National
Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi.
Srivastava, H.N and Gupta, G.D.2006. Management of Natural Disasters in Developing Countries.
Daya Publication.

Outcomes ➢ Students will be enriched with insight in the dimensions of disasters caused by
nature and hazards induced by human activities.
 Semester – I
Course
DISASTER MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE Credits: 5 Hours: 5
code: 102
Objectives ➢ To enable the students to understand the existing principle and policies related
to the management of international and national organizations for disaster
management.
Unit-I Understanding Institutions and governance- Theories and Concepts of Governance-
Defining disaster governance- Application of the concept of governance to disaster
and risk.
Unit-II Factors affecting disaster governance- Characteristics of disaster governance regimes-
Disaster governance regimes: disaster governance institutions and networks at
multiple scales (international, national and reginal and local scales). Disaster
Management Framework,
Unit-III Policy and institutional arrangements for disaster management in India– Disaster
Management Act 2005; National Policy on Disaster Management 2009; Disaster
Management Authority responsibilities of government. Important statutes with
provisions relevant to Disaster Management: Role of legislations in Disaster
Management- Scope of Disaster Management Law with reference to Disaster.
Unit-IV Role of NGO coordination and community processes in disaster management.
Governance challenges in the context of disasters.
Unit-V Policy and institutional arrangements for disaster management in Tamil Nadu- disaster
management authority at state, district and local level.
References and text books
Alemanno A, ed. 2011. Governing Disasters: The Challenge of Emergency Risk Regulation.
Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Chakrabarty, Bidyut and Mohit Bhattacharya. 2008. The Governance Discourse: A Reader, New Delhi:
Oxford University Press (First Chapter).
Chatterjee, Partha. 2004. The Politics of the Governed: Reflections on Popular Politics in Most of the
World. New York: Columbia University Press (Chapter 3 ‘The Politics of the Governed’).
Government of India. 2005. Disaster Management Act 2005, Government of India, New Delhi.
Government of India. 2009. National Disaster Management Policy, Government of India, New Delhi.
Kundu, Amitabh. 2006. Governance in India: India Infrastructure report, Government of India, New
Delhi.
North, Douglass C.1990. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance, New York:
Cambridge University Press.
Ostrom, Elinor. 2010. A Polycentric Approach for Coping with Climate Change, Policy
Research Working Paper No. 5095 - Background paper to the 2010 World Development
Report. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2009.
Ostrom, Elinor. 2005. Understanding Institutional Diversity, Princeton University Press.
Renn O. 2008. Risk Governance: Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World. London: Earthscan
Renn O, Walker K, eds. 2008. Global Risk Governance: Concept and Practice Using the IRGC
Framework. Dordrecht, Neth.: Springer
Walker G, Whittle R, Medd W, Watson N. 2010. Risk Governance and Natural Hazards. Lancaster,
UK: Lancaster University.
Renn, Ortwin and Walker, Katherine, ed. 2008. Global Risk Governance (ed.), Dordrecht: Springer.
Outcomes ➢ Students will be able to learn the interrelationship between governance and
disaster reduction and the role of governance institutions at multiple scales in
mitigating disaster risk.
 Semester – I
Course
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Credits: 5 Hours: 5
code: 103
Objectives ➢ This course aims to provide an understanding of the way economic decision-
making takes place at micro and macro level of the economy and the country.
Unit-I Introduction: Definition of Managerial Economics. Theory of Consumer Behaviour:
Utility Theory: Total Utility and Marginal Utility- Ordinal Approach: Indifference
Curve (Income and Substitution Effects, Slutsky Theory and Compensated Demand
Curve)- Revealed Preference - Theory of Demand (Hicks).
Unit-II National Income: National Income and National Product– Methods: Income,
Expenditure and Product- Concepts of National Income – Measurement of National
Income: Current Price and Constant Price– Difficulties in the Measurement of National
Income– National Income and Measure of Welfare.
Unit-III Public Revenue and expenditure: India’s Public Revenue – Taxes of Union, State and
Local Governments – Trends in Tax Revenue – Tax-GDP ratio- Tax and Distributive
Justice – Direct Versus Indirect Taxes- GST in Union and State Taxes. Public
Expenditure: India’s Public Expenditure – Trend in Union, State and Local
Government’s Public Expenditure – Public Expenditure/GDP – Change in the
Composition of Public Expenditure: Developmental Versus Non-Developmental, Plan
Versus Non Plan, Revenue Versus Capital.
Unit-IV Basics of Budgeting: Constitutional Basis for Budgeting – Process of Passing Finance
and Appropriation Bills in the Parliament/Assembly – CAG and PAC – FRBM –
Deficit, Public Debt and Monetary Management.
Unit-V Centre-State Financial Relations: Role of Finance Commission in Filling Vertical
and Horizontal Fiscal Imbalance – Plan Transfers and Discretionary Transfers – Latest
Finance Commission Report of the Union and State Governments.
References and text books
Ahuja H.L. 2003. Advanced Economic Theory: Microeconomic Analysis, 13th Edition, S.Chand and
Co. Ltd. New Delhi.
Baumol W.J. 1982. Economic Theory and operations Analysis, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
Chaturvedi, Gupta and Pal. 2002. Business Economics: Text and Cases, Galgotia Publishing Company,
New Delhi.
Damodaran, S. 2011. Managerial Economics, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press.
Hillman A. L. (2003). Public Finance and Public Policy. Cambridge University Press. London
Hirshleifer J. and A. Glazer. 1997. Price Theory and Applications, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
Jha, R. (1998). Modern Public Economics. Routledge. London.
Koutsoyiannis, A. 1979. Modern Microeconomics, 2nd edition Macmillan Press, London.
Musgrave, R.A. & Musgrave, P.B. (2004). Public Finance in Theory and Practice. Tata McGraw Hill.
New Delhi.

Outcomes ➢ Students will be able to critically analyse and explain micro economic decision
making at individual and firm level as well as economic management at macro
and country level.
 Semester – I
Course
MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS Credits: 4 Hours: 4
code: 104
Objectives ➢ To help the students learn and explore the basic concepts and principles of
Management.
Unit-I Introduction: Nature of Management – The Evolution of Management Thought – Tasks
of a Professional Manager – Manager and Environment – Systems Approach to
Management – Levels in Management.
Unit-II Planning & Decision Making: Steps in Planning Process – Scope and Limitations –
Short-Term and Long- Term Planning – Flexibility in Planning – Characteristics of a
Sound Plan – Management by Objectives (MBO). Decision Making Process and
Techniques.
Unit-III Nature of Organizing: Organisation Structure and Design - Authority Relationships –
Delegation of Authority and Decentralisation – Impact of Technology on
Organisational design – Mechanistic vs. Adoptive Structures – Formal and Informal
Organisation. Span of control – Pros and Cons of Narrow and Wide Spans of Control –
Optimum Span.
Unit-IV Control: Concept of Control – Application of the Process of Control at Different Levels
of Management (top, middle and first line). Performance Standards – Measurements of
Performance – Remedial Action - An Integrated Control system in an Organisation –
Management by Exception (MBE).
Unit-V Business Ethics: Importance of Business Ethics – Corporate Social Responsibility -
Ethical Issues and Dilemmas in Business - Ethical Decision Making and Ethical
Leadership – Ethics Audit – Environmental Ethics –Sustainable Business Practices.
References and text books
Certo, S C. and Certo, T. 2011. Modern Management, 12th Edition, Prentice Hall.
DeGeorge, R. 2011. Business Ethics, 7th Edition, Pearson.
Govindarajan M., and Natarajan S. 2009. Principles of Management, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.,
Griffin, R. W. 2012. Management, 11th Edition, South-Western College Publication.
Koontz, H. and Weihrich, H. 2009. Essentials of Management: An International Perspective, 8th
Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Ltd.,
Mukherjee, K. 2009. Principles of Management, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd.,
Robbins, S and Coulter. 2011. Management, Prentice Hall, January 2011.
Schmerhorn, J.R. 2012. Management, 11th Edition, Wiley.
Schmidtz, D. and Willott, E. 2011. Environmental Ethics, Oxford University Press.

Outcomes ➢ Students will be able to understand the basic concepts and principles of
management and apply them in the context of disaster mitigation and
management.
 Semester – I
Course
ECOSYSTEMS AND HABITAT (Elective) Credits: 4 Hours: 4
code: 105
Objectives ➢ To facilitate students familiar with evolution and changes of different types of
ecosystems and habitats
Unit-I Introduction to ecosystems and habitats- definition, classification, similarities and
differences. Introduction to Ecology - cycling of materials; water, carbon, nitrogen and
phosphorus. Trophic pyramids and food webs; Alterations of ecosystem function: acid
rain, nuclear winter, global warming and ozone hole, origin of life on earth; changes in
earth’s atmosphere.
Unit-II Aquatic ecosystem and habitats: Introduction to – hydrosphere – hydro-cycle- aquatic
systems- subdivisions – Freshwater (rivers and lakes) – Wetlands - Estuarine and
marine ecosystems.
Unit-III Terrestrial Ecosystems: Tropical forest types- Rain forests and monsoon forests semi-
evergreen, deciduous forests, tropical dry evergreen forests and mangroves. Animal
life: Richness, diversity and carrying capacity. Niches in the forests and their utilization
by animals.
Unit-IV Nature conservation in India: Legal measures- Brief history of forest conservation in
India; Forest Rights Act 2006, Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Environmental Protection
Act 1986, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and
Costal Regulation Zone Notification (CRZ) 1991 and subsequent amendments.
Unit-V Conservation programmes: Sea Turtle Conservation in Orissa, Gulf of Mannar Marine
National Park and Biosphere Reserve in Tamil Nadu, Mudumalai National Park and
Wildlife Sanctuary.
References and text books
Chapman, J.L and M.J. Reiss. 1998. Ecology: Principles and Applications. Cambridge University
Press.
Krebs, C.J. 2008. Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance, Benjamin
Cummings Publications.
Miller. G.T. 2004. Environmental Science. Thomson, California.
Mills, D.H. 1972. An Introduction to Freshwater Ecology. Liver & Boyd: Edinburg.
Russell K. Monson, 2014. Ecology and the Environment. Springer Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York.
Singh, J.S., Singh, S.P and S. R. Gupta. 2006. Ecology, Environment and Resource Conservation.
Anamaya Publications, New Delhi.
Verma & Agarwal .1995. Environmental Biology (Principles of Ecology) Chand & co., New Delhi.
Outcomes ➢ Students will be able to learn varied types of ecosystems and the
interrelationship between ecosystems and habitats.