The course Disaster Risk Management (ESC09) will introduce you to the field of disaster risk management (DRM) and the principles adopted for its reduction i.e. disaster risk reduction (DRR).
The first part of the module will focus on defining the basic, but most important, terms in relation to disaster studies. The different elements of disaster risk management will enjoy attention, and how these different elements contribute to our understanding and better management of risk and disasters will be explained.
Course outline includes the following:
- What disaster is
- Types of disaster
- Aftermath of Disaster
- What Disaster Risk Management entails
- Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
- Disaster Risk Management cycle
- Line DRM Institutions in Nigeria
- Communication in DRM
- Mainstreaming DRR in Development
- Case study/assignment/group work
- Conclusion
At the end of the course, participants should be abreast with:
- Common terms in disaster risk management
- Phases in Disaster Risk Management cycle
- Disaster Communication Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in development