EMG308 Disaster Recovery, Sustainability and Resilience (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Policing, law enforcement & emergency management (POLEM)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Sustainability, vulnerability and resilience are now key words for emergency managers. Disaster plans must incorporate the philosophy of sustainable development. Increasingly communities are being encouraged to find ways to build their resilience, rather than 'waiting for help to arrive'. The degree to which a community is considered resilient is often spoken about in terms of its 'vulnerability'. Through the use of case study examples this subject explores the concepts of sustainability, vulnerability and resilience in both the western and third world world context.
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| Distance | Manly |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EMG308
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to define what is meant by a ‘community’ within the emergency management context
- be able to describe the impact of trauma on communities, industry and individuals
- be able to explain the principles and process of recovery
- be able to link environmental recovery to emergency management
- be able to explain the concepts of social vulnerability and community resilience
- be able to describe and explain the effect of social structure on disaster recovery
- be able to devise strategies for building the resilience of a particular community
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
A review of emergency management
Definitions and concepts of a community; what happens to communities in emergency
Principles and concepts of the recovery process
Environmental recovery and sustainable emergency management
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.