Not currently offered
Course code

ARBE6614

Units

10 units

Level

6000 level

Course handbook

Description

The course examines professional practice for disaster professionals. It explores the use of interdisciplinary concepts, methods and tools within disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. Students will develop an understanding of the challenging dynamics of hazards and risks, policies, capacities and leveraging technology to reduce the risks and impact of disasters. By applying strategic planning tools throughout the course, students will be equipped to design and implement comprehensive plans that consider long-term trends and sustainability in disaster risk reduction planning and recovery that are supported by technological innovation and the media


Availability

Not currently offered.

This Course was last offered in Trimester 1 - 2023.


Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Critically analyse the concept of adaptive resilience at individuals and organisations. Assess the capacity of an organisation to respond, able to learn and adapt to different disasters and become more agile.

2. Assess the concept of sustainable development within the context of DRR and examines the role culture in the development of resilient communities. Evaluates social capital and community participation for DRR

3. Appraise different mitigation approaches for DRR and Climate change adaptations (CCA) and their underlying concepts, methodologies, tools and applications. It evaluates practical examples of targeted and integrated approaches to DRR/CCA, and how these approaches have been implemented in different risk contexts

4. Assess existing, emerging and innovative systems and technologies for DRR. Evaluate methodological tools to assess and reduce vulnerabilities and risks for different hazards


Content

Disaster Resilience and Professionalism

  • Built Environment Professions in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
  • Professionalism and Ethics in DRR

Building Adaptive Resilience Organisations

  • Organisational reslience model and concepts
  • Tools for measuring and benchmarking organisational resilience
  • Roadmap and strategies for improving organisational resilience

Community resilience and recovery

  • Social dimensions of vulnerability and resilience
  • Patterns of vulnerability and planning for disasters and recovery
  • Community Engagement and Social Capital

Climate and Disaster Risks

  • Uncertainties in Climate Change
  • Vulnerability, Capacity Assessment and sustainable development
  • DRR and Climate Change Adaptions

Science and Technology for DRR

  • Science and technological innovations for DRR
  • Information management and communication in disasters

Assessment items

Report: Adaptive Resilience

Report: Climate Change and DRR

Report: Disaster Resilience Innovation

Course outline

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