TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; ABBREVIATIONS ; 1.1 MEANING OF DISASTER ; 1.2 DEFINITION OF 'DISASTER' ; 1.3 TYPOLOGY OF DISASTERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP ; 1.4 INTER- RELATIONSHIP" HAZARD, RISK, VULNERABILITY AND DISASTER; HYPOTHESIS ; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ; RESEARCH QUESTION ; SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH ; METHOD OF ANALYSIS ; SOURCES OF DATA ; REVIEW OF LITERATURE ; CHAPTERIZATION ; CHAPTER-2, BRIEF UNDERSTANDING OF DISASTER ; 2.1 A BRIEF UNDERSTANDING OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT ; 2.2 UNITED NATIONS INITIATIVE TO COUNTER DISASTERS ; CHAPTER-3, IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTER IN INDIA ; 3.1 INTRODUCTION ; 3.2 CAUSATION OF DISASTER ; 3.3 DROUGHT SCENARIO IN INDIA ; 3.4 THE FLOOD SCENARIO IN INDIA ; 3.5 CAUSES OF FLOOD ARE ; CHAPTER-4, DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005 ; 4.1 INTRODUCTION ; 4.2 BACKGROUND OF INDIAN LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO DISASTER MANAGEMENT: DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005 ; 4.3 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ACT ; 4.3.1 INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY FRAME-WORK UNDER THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005 ; 4.3.2 DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005 ; 4.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE ACT ; 4.5 CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ACT ; 4.6 DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND INDIAN JUDICIARY ; 4.7 ARE NATURAL-DISASTER MAN-MADE TODAY? ; 4. 8 CASE STUDY - KERALA FLOOD, 2018 ; 4.8.1 HOW KERALA FLOOD IS A MAN MADE SITUATION? ; CHAPTER- V, CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS ; BIBLIOGRAPHY.