Metropolitan Disaster Management
Demographic changes, human settlement patterns, land-use decisions, and political and social policy dynamics have increased vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters. Planning and policy processes and interventions can help reduce disaster vulnerabilities and increase resilience at every stage of the disaster management cycle: disaster mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery.
Course goals:
1. Understanding of the roles of the various phases of disaster management and issues concerning planning and policies in
those phases.
2. Understanding of comprehensive emergency management from a planning and policy perspective
3. Understanding of the role of country and local governments in disaster planning and policies.
4. Knowledge of mitigation planning and policy strategies.
5. Understanding of comprehensive emergency management and related plans
6. Understanding of factors affecting short and long-term recovery and rebuilding and the role of planners and policy-makers.
7. Understanding of the factors that give rise to disaster
vulnerabilities (e.g. natural, physical, social, economic, policies, and governance).
8. Understanding of the factors that give rise to differential vulnerabilities and levels of community resilience
9. Knowledge and capabilities to assess and manage these vulnerabilities through disaster planning and policy-making.
10. Data, methods, tools, and geospatial techniques (including GIS) that can enhance vulnerability assessments and knowledge building.
11. Competencies to utilize mapping in mitigation planning and response operations
Demographic changes, human settlement patterns, land-use decisions, and political and social policy dynamics have increased vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters. Planning and policy processes and interventions can help reduce disaster vulnerabilities and increase resilience at every stage of the disaster management cycle: disaster mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery.
Course goals:
1. Understanding of the roles of the various phases of disaster management and issues concerning planning and policies in
those phases.
2. Understanding of comprehensive emergency management from a planning and policy perspective
3. Understanding of the role of country and local governments in disaster planning and policies.
4. Knowledge of mitigation planning and policy strategies.
5. Understanding of comprehensive emergency management and related plans
6. Understanding of factors affecting short and long-term recovery and rebuilding and the role of planners and policy-makers.
7. Understanding of the factors that give rise to disaster
vulnerabilities (e.g. natural, physical, social, economic, policies, and governance).
8. Understanding of the factors that give rise to differential vulnerabilities and levels of community resilience
9. Knowledge and capabilities to assess and manage these vulnerabilities through disaster planning and policy-making.
10. Data, methods, tools, and geospatial techniques (including GIS) that can enhance vulnerability assessments and knowledge building.
11. Competencies to utilize mapping in mitigation planning and response operations