This subject focuses on the application of scientific knowledge and the solution of practical problems in a physical environment.
Associated Departments:
Academic Track , General Academic Strand - CORE , Science, Technology, and Mathematics - CORE , Senior High SchoolDRR is a part of sustainable development, so it must involve every part of society, government, non-governmental organizations and the professional and private sector. It therefore requires a people-centered and multi-sector approach, building resilience to multiple, cascading and interacting hazards and creating a culture of prevention and resilience. Consequently, DRM includes strategies designed to:
- avoid the construction of new risks
- address pre-existing risks
- share and spread risk to prevent disaster losses being absorbed by other development outcomes and creating additional poverty
This subject includes:
- Basic concept of disaster and disaster risk
- Exposure and vulnerability
- Basic concept of hazards
- Earthquake hazards
- Volcano hazards
- Other related geological hazards
- Hydrometeorological hazards
- Fire hazards
- Concept of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM)
- What to expect between the state and the citizens
