1.Introduction to disaster management--
2.Concepts and terms in disaster management --
3.Introduction to disaster preparedness--
4.Prerequisites for preparedness planning--
5.General preparedness plan--
6.introduction to natural disaster response--
7.Disaster response planning--
8.Disaster response roles and responsibilities --
9.The tools and methods of disaster management--
10.Technologies of disaster management --
11.Initial emergency operations--
12.What is effective disaster communication--
13.Methodology for disaster communication--
14.How does media look at a disaster--
15.Benefits of planning for good disaster communication --
16.Disaster communication cases--
17.Relief work after a disaster--
18.Managing disaster aftermath--
19.Epidemiologic factors that determine the potential of ccommunicable disease transmission --
20.Post disaster potential of communicable disease--
21.Disaster responce history in India
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The process of disaster management involves four phases - mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. This manual is an assimilation of a lot of public domain material in a structured format so as to be useful to students as well as practitioners of the science of Disaster Management.