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|a Disaster risk reduction |h [electronic resource] |y English. |
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|i Alternate title: |a DD04 - Study Guide and Course Text. |
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|a Madison, WI : |b University of Wisconsin-Madison. Disaster Management Center (UWDMC), |c 2009-03. |
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|a Copyright © 2009 by Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. All rights reserved. For permission to reprint please contact: Disaster Management Center. Department of Engineering Professional Development. 432 North Lake Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706 USA. Phone: 608.262.5441. Fax: 608.263.3160. Email: dmc@engr.wisc,edu |
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|a (2009). Disaster risk reduction: study guide and course text. University of Wisconsin Disaster Management Center (UWDMC). |
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|a This document is a practical distance learning self-study course that outlines concepts, and provides tools and instruments for increasing knowledge about disaster risk management (DRM). The document begins with a course pre-test, which allows those participating in the self-study to determine how much they already know about DRM. The next section is a glossary of relevant DRM terms drawn from the United Nations International Secretariat for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the United States Agency for International Development, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA). The rest of the document is divided into seven units, each with a self-assessment test at the end. These units are: (1) the course introduction, which provides an overview of the course, its objectives, and its methodology; (2) an introduction to DRM, which describes the common hydrometeorological, geological, and biological hazards experienced throughout the Caribbean; (3) a section on DRM and development highlighting the important concepts and stages within the DRM process, discussed in more depth in the following sections; (4) a section on disaster risk identification, which includes hazard data collection and mapping, vulnerability assessment, risk assessment, and post-disaster assessment; (5) a section on disaster risk reduction (DRR), which consists of various physical, socioeconomic, environmental, institutional, and post-disaster interventions to reduce existing and future vulnerabilities to disaster; (6) a section on disaster risk transfer and financing, which discusses insurance, budgeting, public asset coverage financing, catastrophe bonds, and disaster assistance funds; and lastly, (7) a section on capacity development for DRR, which provides guidelines for preparing a DRR action plan. At the conclusion of this self-study course, participants are expected to be able to: explain key DRM concepts; identify DRM stakeholders; describe the process of hazard and vulnerability assessment; identify potential hazards and build risk scenarios; list opportunities for intervention at each stage of DRM; identify potential disaster risk transfer and financing options; and prepare a DRM action plan. |
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|a General Risk Reduction |
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|a General Risk Management |
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|a Getting started; Course Pretest; Glossary: Disaster Risk Management; UNIT 1: Welcome and Course Introduction; UNIT 2: Introduction to Disaster Risk Management; UNIT 3: Disaster Risk Management and Development; UNIT 4: Disaster Risk Identification; UNIT 5: Disaster Risk Reduction; UNIT 6: Disaster Risk Transfer and Financing; UNIT 7: Capacity Development for Disaster Risk Reduction; Request for Final Examination; Course Evaluation; ANNEX A: Course References; ANNEX B: Key Resources; B.1 Beaufort Wind Scale; B.2 The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale; B.3 Earthquake Intensity; B.4 Earthquake Magnitude; B.5 Earthquake Magnitude/Intensity Comparison; B.6 ISDR Terminology: Basic terms of disaster risk reduction |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2013. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Risk management |x Education. |
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|a University of Wisconsin-Madison. Disaster Management Center (UWDMC). |
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|a Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU), |e summary contributor. |
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|u http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042558/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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