PADM 1734

Disasters

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

This course addresses key topics in disaster prevention and recovery. To understand disasters, students will learn about climate change, as well as the fields of vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation. The focus of the course is on developing an understanding of problems and trends in disaster policy/planning/management, discussing challenges, and thinking through likely outcomes of innovative policy interventions. Students will discuss lessons learned from academic research and professional practice to ensure more effective management of natural and manmade disasters.

When Offered Summer.

Distribution Category (PBS-HE, SBA-HE)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

• Students will describe key trends in disasters, disaster prevention, and disaster recovery.
• Students will describe how climate change contributes to disasters.
• Students will identify what makes communities vulnerable, and how to build their resilience to facilitate recovery.
• Students will evaluate the roles that different institutions are playing in the disaster prevention and recovery spheres.
• Students will draft an original research paper comparing policy, planning, management, and recovery around two distinct disasters and draw comparisons between each.

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