Category : 9th Class
Introduction to Disaster Management
1. Need for introducing project work in Social Science was being felt for quite some time. There is a need to have projects to enhance students' understanding of different concepts, principles provided in the subject. This also introduces an alternative node of learning in classrooms with a purpose to create students' interest in the abject and enabling them to express their viewpoints.
This year in Class IX also, students are required to take up Disaster Management as part of the project.
Preparation of Project Work
2. At the end of the stipulated term, each student will prepare and submit his/her reject report. The following requirements are to be fulfilled for its preparation and submission.
(a) Cover page: Student's name, roll no., school's name, year and the title of the project.
(b) Content: It will contain all the subtopics of the presentation.
(c) Acknowledgements: To the institution, teachers, libraries, places visited and the persons who helped them in preparing the project.
(d) Chapters: These would be having relevant headings.
(e) Bibliography: It should acknowledge any website with specific weblink, books, their pages referred, author and publisher.
Allocation of Marks
1.Content, Accuracy and Originality |
2 Marks |
2.Presentation and Creativity |
1 Marks |
3.Intiative, Cooperativeness, Participation and Punctuality |
1 Marks |
4.Viva or Written Test of the Content |
1 Marks |
Total Marks |
5 Marks |
List of Suggested Projects
Project-1: becoming A disaster manager
Response and Relief
(ii) Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
(iii) Mitigation
(iv) Preparedness
Project-2: specific hazards and mitigation
(i) Floods: Meaning, warning and mitigation (with illustrations)
Mitigation Strategies
(a)Structural Mitigation: Watershed management, reservoirs, buildings on elevated areas, natural water retention basins and flood control measures.
(b) Non-structural Mitigation: Mapping of flood plains, land-use control, flood forecasting and warning.
(ii) Cyclones: Meaning and warning (with illustrations).
Mitigation Strategies
(a) Structural Mitigation: Multi-purpose cyclone shelters, engineered structures, protection against winds, coastal belt plantation and construction of roads.
(b) Non-structural Mitigation: Hazard mapping, land-use control designed so that least critical activities are placed in vulnerable areas and cyclone forecasting and warning.
(iii) Earthquakes: Meaning and warning with some illustrations and an earthquake zone map of India.
Mitigation Strategies
(a)Structural Mitigation: Engineered structures, architectural and engineering inputs, soil type must be analysed before construction.
(b) Non-structural Mitigation Measures: Enforcing building codes, building plan has to be checked by the municipality, public awareness.
(iv) Landslides: Meaning and warning with suitable pictures showing the effects of landslides.
Mitigation Strategies
Structural Mitigation: Drainage corrections, engineered structures and increasing vegetation cover.
(b) Non-structural Mitigation: Includes hazard mapping, land-use practices such as preserving existing natural vegetation and awareness generation.
Structural Mitigation: Revival of traditional water-harvesting structures and construction water-harvesting structures.
(b) Non-structural Mitigation: Drought monitoring, drought awareness programmers, land-use planning, livelihood planning and crop insurance.
Project-3: preventing common human-induced disasters
(i) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
(ii) Nuclear accidents
(iii) How can we protect ourselves from nuclear radiation and attacks?
(iv) Chemical and industrial accidents
(v) Impacts and elements at risk (Give examples with suitable pictures.)
(vi) Mitigation strategies:
(a) Hazard mapping
(b) Land-use planning
(c) Community preparedness
(vii) How can we prevent and prepare for chemical disasters?
(i) How do we protect ourselves from biological disasters?
(ii) Do's and Don'ts of biological disasters.
Project-4: community planning FOR disaster management
(i) Since community is at the site of the disaster, it is the first one to respond to it.
(ii) Source of maximum information.
(iii) Local coping mechanism.
(iv) Self-help is in self-interest.
(i) Early warning and communication team
(ii) Evacuation and temporary shelter management team
(iii) Search and rescue team
(iv) Health and first-aid team
(v) Relief coordination team
(vi) Water and sanitation team.
Institutions that help providing sector wise training to the team of VDMC.
(i) Early Warning Communication |
Army base of the District Headquarters |
(ii) Evacuation and Temporary Shelter Management |
District Police Department |
(iii) Search and Rescue |
Fire Brigade Department of the District |
(iv) Health and First-aid |
A Doctor from Nearby Hospital |
(v) Relief Coordination |
The Local NSS |
(vi) Water and Sanitation |
A Water-sanitary Engineer Sent by District Panchayat |
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