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DM-801 Policies, Planning and Strategies for Disaster Management
Campus MCE
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title Policies, Planning and Strategies for Disaster Management
Course Code DM-801
Credit Hours 3-0
Pre-Requisutes None
Course Objectives Aims is to develop understanding of national / international policies / protocols and understanding different strategies for disaster management with following objectives:
  • Argue for the importance of, and reasons for, incorporating DRR measures in national and sector policies, budgeting, planning and execution.
  • Account for the need for moving DRR from policy levels to concrete action, which saves lives and reduces economic and social losses.
  • Promote the need for analyzing disaster risks and socio-economic vulnerability as part of the analysis and understanding of poverty and root causes of poverty.
  • Outline the process and steps for integrating DRR into national and sector-specific strategic planning processes, budgets and execution.
  • Advocate for the incorporation of DRR approaches into national and sector-wide planning, budgeting and practices, based on a personal plan developed during the course and the experience gathered.Contribute to and gain from an international network of DRR-practitioners (course participants, instructors and facilitators).
Detail Content
  • Organizational and Policy Context of Disaster Management
    • National disaster management organizations, their roles
    • Role of UN and other INGOs in DM System in Pakistan
    • National Disaster risk reduction policy
    • National Disaster Risk Management Framework in Pakistan
    • National policies on Emergency and Disaster Management
    • International protocols and policies on Disaster Management
    • Evolution of DM institution in Pakistan
    • International/National/Local Emergency Responders and their roles (the government, NGOs, international funding agencies)
  • Planning in Disaster Management
    • Planning during pre-, and post disaster phases
    • National Disaster management plan
    • Program and project implementation
    • Monitoring of the rescue, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction (R4) activities
    • Planning logistics in the affected areas
    • Induction and de-induction plans / strategies
  • Strategies for Disaster Management
    • Pre-disaster strategies
      • For Preparedness
      • For prevention
      • For disaster mitigation
    • During disaster strategies
      • Evacuation, rescue and relief
      • National disaster response plan
      • Pakistan humanitarian response plan
    • Post-disaster strategies
During recovery encompassing rehabilitation and reconstruction
Text/Ref Books
  • National Disaster Management Act 2010. NDMA Islamabad
  • National DRR Policy, NDMA Islamabad
  • National Disaster Risk Management Framework, NDMA Islamabad
  • National Disaster Response Plan, NDMA Islamabad
  • Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan, NDMA Islamabad
  • Millennium Development Goals, UNO
  • Hyogo Framework for Action, unisdr, Geneva
Time Schedule Fall 2015
Faculty/Resource Person Maj Dr Naeem Shahzad PhD in Environmental Engineering