EDMG515 - Hazard Mitigation and Resilient Communities

Course Code: EDMG515 Course ID: 3849 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate

This course provides an overview of what is known about natural hazards, disasters, recovery, and mitigation, how research findings have been translated into policies and programs, and a sustainable hazard mitigation research agenda. The course also provides an examination of past disaster losses and hazards management over the past 50 years, including factors--demographic, climate, social--that influence loss.