DEM311 - Emergency and Disaster Management in Context

In this unit, students engage with a comprehensive range of tools and skills used in Humanitarian, Emergency and Disaster Management contexts. Students will examine and critique risk and need assessment processes and apply different methodological approaches both locally and globally. Students taking this unit will be equipped with practical knowledge on how to conduct multiple vulnerabilities assessment and humanitarian need assessment, including conflict early warning systems and disaster and emergency need, post disaster needs and recovery and climate change vulnerability assessments.

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RECOMMENDED TEXT - ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS ASSESSING RISK AND REDUCING DISASTER