Foundations of disaster and emergency managementLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You understand the fundamental principles of disaster and crisis management.

You can analyse historical and contemporary disaster events to identify lessons learned for future practices.

You are familiar with global and regional disaster management frameworks and disaster risk reduction policies.

Content

What are the key concepts of disaster management such as hazards, vulnerability, risk, and resilience?

What are the global and regional disaster management frameworks and policies?

What lessons can be learned from major disasters and their impacts on policy and practice?

Evaluation

Students can:

a. find, study, produce and assess critically multidisciplinary data in their field of expertise.
b. solve demanding problems in research, development and innovation activities.
c. assess and manage independently individuals’ and teams’ operations.
d. be responsible for operations and develop them independently.
e. assess different strategic approaches and justify their use in terms of management and development.
f. work independently in the expert duties of their professional field or as entrepreneurs.
g. communicate proficiently and systematically in their spoken and written native language and in one foreign language.