Disaster Management : Basic Concepts

Name: Disaster Management : Basic Concepts
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Hazard, Vulnerability, Exposure , Capacity , Risk, Disasters, Disaster Management ,Response, Relief, Recovery, EWS

Created byDr. Keshav Mohan

Last updated 8/2025

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What you'll learn

Learners will be introduced to basic terms used commonly by the practitioners of disaster management .

Course content

2 sections • 28 lectures • 1h 47m total length

Course Preview1:01

Hazards: Introduction.5:47
The term Hazard is explained in this lecture.
Hazards:2: Types:11:12
Identify hazards as natural, anthropogenic, or social, analyze risk drivers, and recognize how climate change, sea level rise, and biological and technological hazards affect communities.
Hazard Assessment8:01
Identify hazards and collect hazard-related data to build a hazard catalog for deterministic or probabilistic risk models, highlighting cascading effects and historical data use.
Hazard
Vulnerability3:05
The term Vulnerability is explained in this lecture.
Vulnerability
Exposure2:03
The term Exposure is explained in this lecture.
Exposure: 211:01
Exposure
Risk3:21
The term Risk is explained in this lecture.
Risk
Capacity4:04
The term CAPACITY is explained in this lecture.
Capacity
Disasters4:43
The term Disaster is explained in this lecture.
Disasters
Disaster Management2:05
The term Disaster Management is explained in this lecture.
Disaster Management
Disaster Management Cycle3:26
The term Disaster management cycle is explained in this lecture.
DM Cycle
Emergency Response2:23
The term Response is explained in this lecture.
Emergency Response
Emergency Relief1:07
The term Emergency Relief is discussed in this lecture.
Emergency Relief
Disaster Recovery1:53
The term Recovery is discussed in this lecture.
Recovery
Rescilieice & Coping up1:55
The terms Resilience 7 Coping up are discussed in this lecture.
Resilience & Coping up
Preparedness2:45
The term Preparedness is discussed in this lecture.
Preparedness
Disaster Risk Reduction2:28
The term Disaster Risk Reduction is discussed in this lecture.
Disaster Risk Reduction
Mitigation1:30
The term Mitigation is discussed in this lecture.
Mitigation
Early Warning Systems4:25
The term Early Warning systems is discussed in this lecture.
Early Warning Systems
Summing up.0:45
GAR 2023 L14:42
GAR 2023 L23:58
GAR 2023 L32:01
The GAR 2023 highlights rising drought and increasing water stress. Accelerate the greening of the Sahel with the Great Green Wall to counter desertification and boost livelihoods.
GAR 2023 L42:21
GAR 2023 L54:21
GAR 2023 L63:56
FORIN6:52
The concepts of forensic insights on disaster events is introduced.
HVRA

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Description

This course explains basic terms commonly used by the practitioners of disaster management . Hazard, Vulnerability , Exposure , Capacity , Risk, Hazard Vulnerability Risk Assessment, Disaster, Disaster Management , Disaster Management Cycle, Response, Relief, Recovery, Rehabilitation, Mitigation and Early Warning Systems are introduced. The learner will be able to understand meaning and purpose of the important terms commonly used. The course may be considered prelude to Advance Concepts of Disaster Management.

Who this course is for:

Students, Teachers, NGOs

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Course content

Course Introduction1 lecture • 1min