ARBE6616
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
The course provides students with an overview of professional practice for disaster professionals. Effective disaster management involves building community resilience through adequate preparation and inclusion of all stakeholders, but especially community members. Students will develop an understanding of the challenging dynamics of hazards (including climate change), risks, policies, capacities. They will be able to apply leadership principles to reduce the risks and impacts of disasters.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Trimester 1 - 2024
Online
- Trimester 1 - 2024
Replacing course(s)
This course replaces the following course(s): ARBE6614. Students who have successfully completed ARBE6614 are not eligible to enrol in ARBE6616.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Appraise different mitigation approaches for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate change adaptations (CCA) and their underlying concepts, methodologies, tools and applications.
2. Identify and compare a range of stakeholders who may receive damage or benefit from disaster mitigation and reconstruction activities, and judiciously assess the needs of different stakeholder groups in the event of a disaster.
3. Critically evaluate and apply methods to empower community stakeholders within decision-making processes for disaster mitigation and reconstruction activities.
4. Critically analyse the concept of adaptive resilience for individuals and organisations. Assess the capacity of an organisation to respond, able to learn and adapt to different disasters and become more agile.
5. Assess targeted and integrated leadership approaches to DRR/CCA, and how these approaches have been implemented in different risk contexts.
Content
Topics will include:
- Building Adaptive Resilience
- Community resilience and recovery
- Climate and Disaster Risks
- Disaster Resilience Leadership and Professionalism
- Framing disasters: social and political views, interests, and activities.
- Post-disaster rebuilding: social and political considerations; immediate and long-term impact of socio-political factors.
- Engaging with Indigenous Peoples in community led Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Requisite
If you have completed ARBE6614 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Journal: Reflective Journal
Report: Adaptive Resilience Approaches
Report: Community-led DRR Strategy
Contact hours
Trimester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Workshop-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 1 week(s) starting in week 8
Workshop-2
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 1 week(s) starting in week 11
Workshop-3
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 1 week(s) starting in week 4
Workshop-4
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 1 week(s) starting in week 1
Trimester 1 - 2024 - Online
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.