James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020
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EV5606 - Disasters, Communities and Planning
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Science and Engineering |
Subject Description
- Disasters are a human construct, where a natural hazard interacts with a community, overwhelming emergency services and causing widespread loss. Planning for disasters is a multi-disciplinary process that involves understanding, analysing, mapping and measuring communities, their infrastructure and their physical characteristics and location. The knowledge is necessary for preparing people to deal with hazards, to mitigate against disaster and to recover from hazards that impact communities.
Learning Outcomes
- assess a range of mitigation measures
- assess the roles of all sectors of government and institutions in emergency management and planning responses
- provide an understanding of community vulnerability and its measurement
- understand the roles and limitations of public education
- use social impact methodology to assess hazard impact
Subject Assessment
- Invigilated > End of semester exam - (40%)
- Team Exercises and Report - (30%)
- Non-Invigilated > Assignments - (30%)
Note that minor variations might occur due to the continuous subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations: EV3606
Availabilities
Study Period 2, External, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability) | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 27 Jul 2020 to Friday, 20 Nov 2020 |
| Staff: | No staff allocated; see "This Subject In Other Years". |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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JCU Singapore, Study Period 53, Internal | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 03 Dec 2020 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 09 Nov 2020 to Friday, 19 Feb 2021 |
| Coordinator(s): | DR Yetta Gurtner DR Simona Azzali |
| Lecturer(s): | MRS Gerardine Tan |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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Townsville, Study Period 2, Internal | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 27 Jul 2020 to Friday, 20 Nov 2020 |
| Coordinator(s): | DR Yetta Gurtner |
| Lecturer(s): | Assoc. Professor David King DR Yetta Gurtner |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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