On completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate the concept of disaster resilience in the context of the built environment
2. Effectively analyse the impact of disasters or conflicts on physical infrastructure and the built environment
3. Critically evaluate the principles and stages of disaster mitigation, response and reconstruction
4. Judiciously apply strategies within the built environment to reduce risk and mitigate against the effects of a disaster or conflict
5. Critically appraise the need to link reconstruction in the built environment to sustainable development of communities

• Introduction: a global and local perspective on disasters
• Understanding hazards, risks and vulnerability
• The disaster management cycle
• The concept of resilience in disaster management
• Principles of disaster mitigation
• Disaster planning: strategic and built environment preparedness
• The post-disaster environment: emergency response and temporary arrangements.
• Post-disaster reconstruction: the impact of disasters, assessment and decision making.
• Post-disaster reconstruction: restoring physical assets.
• Developing resilience in the built environment
• Community consultation and participation in post-disaster reconstruction.
• Reflections: drawing together the key themes of the course.

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Distance Learning : IT Based
External Mode
Internal Mode

Problem Based Learning
Lecture
Self Directed Learning

Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term