Risks, vulnerability and resilience in disaster contextsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You can assess factors that contribute to risk and vulnerability in diverse socioeconomic and environmental contexts.

You can develop strategies to build community resilience through disaster risk reduction.

You understand how disasters affect different groups and can incorporate equality considerations into planning.

Content

How are risk, vulnerability, and resilience defined and measured?

How do socioeconomic and environmental factors such as poverty, climate change, and urbanisation influence vulnerability?

How do community participation and ecosystem-based solutions enhance resilience?

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.