James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2023
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LB5410 - Building Economic Resilience
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
Subject Description
- This subject aims to propose frameworks and methods of economic inquiry for the analysis of disasters and disruptions. This subject applies the concept of economic resilience to explore continuous economic growth within the context of disaster management. The main topics covered in this subject are basic micro and macroeconomic principles, market failures, economics resilience (inherent and adaptive responses to disasters), measure of improving economic resilience, the role of government policy in disaster risk management, resilient governance and sustainable industries, innovation and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and community resilience and the role of NGOs.
Learning Outcomes
- identify and analyse basic macro and micro economic principles to inform responses to disasters
- apply economic concepts to develop risk reduction strategies and build economic resilience
- critically evaluate the role of government and NGOs in disaster risk management and nurturing of sustainable industries
Subject Assessment
- Written > Briefing paper - (30%) - Individual
- Oral > Guided discussion - (40%) - Group
- Participation > Online participation - (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.
Assumed Knowledge: Basic knowledge of Management
Availabilities
Townsville Bebegu Yumba, Trimester 3, External | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 05 Oct 2023 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 11 Sep 2023 to Saturday, 09 Dec 2023 |
| Coordinator(s): | Assoc. Professor Taha Chaiechi |
| Lecturer(s): | Assoc. Professor Taha Chaiechi |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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