PLANNING FOR RESILIENCE TO NATURAL HAZARDS
Provides a theoretical background and practical approaches to planning to increase community resilience to natural hazards. Examines why some communities bounce back quicker from disasters than others. Explores institutional contexts relevant to natural hazards and topics such as the disaster cycle, structural and non-structural approaches to natural hazard mitigation, and physical and social vulnerability to natural hazards.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: GEOSCI/ATM OCN 140 or sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the cycle of activities that surround planning and responding to natural disasters. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the principles of building community resilience to natural hazards. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify various planning approaches to addressing natural hazards. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize the institutional context within which natural hazard mitigation and recovery planning occurs. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify and analyze which communities and which community members might be more vulnerable to natural hazards. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Improve their written and oral communication skills. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the cycle of activities that surround planning and responding to natural disasters. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the principles of building community resilience to natural hazards. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify various planning approaches to addressing natural hazards. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize the institutional context within which natural hazard mitigation and recovery planning occurs. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify and analyze which communities and which community members might be more vulnerable to natural hazards. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Improve their written and oral communication skills. Audience: Undergraduate
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- PLANNING FOR RESILIENCE TO NATURAL HAZARDS · 3 credits.