ARBE6603
Disaster Mitigation and Sustainable Re-development
10 Units
Available in 2014
| Callaghan Campus | Trimester 1 |
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| WebLearn GradSchool | Trimester 1, Trimester 3 |
Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011
Examines the approaches to disaster mitigation and sustainable redevelopment. The students explore and understand the conceptual approaches and operational processes in the context of sustainable disaster recovery.
| Objectives | On completion of this course students should be able to: • Conceptualise resilience based approaches to the sustainable redevelopment of built environment • Apply mitigation techniques to deal with disaster situations • Identify and apply recovery concepts for sustainable post disaster redevelopment projects |
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| Content | • Sustainable development: an overview • Systems thinking: complexity, adaptive capacity and resilience • Resilience: Adaptive systems • Stakeholder management: dealing with people • Environmental, social and economic issues for disaster mitigation and preparedness • The post-disaster environment: environmental considerations • Sustainable development considerations in disaster planning and post-disaster redevelopment • Risks and opportunities in post-disaster redevelopment • Concepts of Recovery • Recovery Frameworks • Operationalising a Recovery Plan • Reflections: towards a sustainable approach to disaster management and reconstruction |
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| Replacing Course(s) | NA | ||
| Transition | NA | ||
| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||
| Assumed Knowledge | Nil | ||
| Modes of Delivery | Distance Learning : IT Based External Mode Internal Mode |
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| Teaching Methods | Problem Based Learning
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| Contact Hours | Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 10 weeks |
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| Timetables | 2014 Course Timetables for ARBE6603 |