Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction

disaster and risk

This subject focuses on the application of scientific knowledge and the solution of practical problems in a physical environment.

COURSE CODE:
APL-005
UNITS:
1

DRR 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