James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2023
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EV3606 - Disasters, Communities and Planning
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Prerequisites: | AT LEAST 12 CREDIT POINTS OF LEVEL 2 SUBJECTS |
| 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-sectoral, multi-disciplinary process that involves understanding, analysing, mapping and measuring communities, their infrastructure and their physical characteristics and location. This 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 community awareness and preparedness for hazards
- 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: EV5606
Availabilities
Cairns Nguma-bada, Study Period 1, Mixed attendance, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability) | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 23 Mar 2023 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 20 Feb 2023 to Friday, 16 Jun 2023 |
| Face to face teaching: | (TBA) |
| Coordinator(s): | DR Yetta Gurtner |
| Lecturer(s): | DR Yetta Gurtner |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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Townsville Bebegu Yumba, Study Period 1, Internal | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 23 Mar 2023 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 20 Feb 2023 to Friday, 16 Jun 2023 |
| Coordinator(s): | DR Yetta Gurtner |
| Lecturer(s): | DR Yetta Gurtner |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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