ASIA8042 People At Risk from Hazards in Asia-Pacific
| Offered By | Dept Human Geography |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject | Asian Studies |
| Offered in | ASIA8042 will not be offered in 2009 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
The course will cover the most frequent hazards in Asia-Pacific; the human scale of disasters from natural hazards and other causes in Asia-Pacific; people ‘at risk' in Asia-Pacific - location, age, class, gender; the capacity of Asia-Pacific societies to cope with disasters; the capacity of Asia-Pacific government to cope with natural hazards; and international responses to Asia-Pacific disasters. |
| Learning Outcomes | To gain an understanding of the human conditions that intervene to influence the scale of the disasters created by the occurrence of natural hazard events and a knowledge of the latest ideas about the human impacts of natural hazards |
| Indicative Assessment | Continuous assessment, assignments, projects. Assignments 60% Exams 40% |
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