James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2021

EV5606 - Disasters, Communities and Planning

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

• Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (40%) - Individual
• Team Exercises and Report - (30%) - Group
• Written > Research report - (30%) - Individual

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

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