Disaster, Risk Reduction and Resiliency: International Social Work Perspectives

3 cr · Undergraduate

This course examines social work practice in the context of disasters from an environmental- ecological perspective. Disaster preparedness, disaster assistance, and post-disaster recovery phases are discussed in international contexts. The impact of disasters on individuals, families and local and global communities are surveyed, and approaches to contextualized and trauma- informed disaster risk reduction are identified and critiqued. Concepts of intersectionality, sustainable development, capacity building, social capital, and global advocacy in disaster response management and risk reduction strategies are also analyzed. Open to non-Social Work students with a minimum of 54 credit hours and with instructor permission.