SOCI 6377 Disaster Resiliency and Sustainability

This course introduces theories of disaster resilience which provide principle knowledge of building resilience; transformation of the theories into best practices in four phases of disaster management process, namely mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery; interrelation of disaster resilience and the sustainable development goals (SDGs); and emerging issues in adopting best practices for building disaster resilience and sustainability. 

Credits

3

Schedule Type

Lecture

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

Dept of Sociology

Offered

As scheduled