ESTU 430 - Disaster Risk Reduction

This course introduces students to the assessment of disasters, focusing primarily on the social aspects of disasters. The course deals with the question `What causes a disaster?’ and looks at what, and most importantly, who is impacted during a disaster. The course enumerates a framework that facilitates reducing disaster risk and mitigating the impacts if one occurs. The course focuses primarily on natural disasters, though concepts and methods are generally appropriate for technological and terrorism disasters. The course takes a global perspective on disasters.

Prerequisites & Notes:
EGEO 363 or permission of instructor.

Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L

Huxley Coll of the Environment
Environmental Studies