Community Preparedness, Recovery and Resilience: An Introduction
Explore disaster management and how communities can build resilience and cope after a disaster. A community can experience a range of direct and indirect impacts as a result of a disaster. On this course, you will be able to examine the ways communities recover from dramatic changes by preventing future risk and fostering positive developments with communities.
Course syllabus:
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Disaster trends and their impact on community resilience
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Factors that contribute to the perception of vulnerability
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The capacity for communities to cope with disaster
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Different approaches for building community resilience