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What you'll learn

1. Natural Hazards and Disaster Management is designed to provide students with specialised knowledge and skills to understand, assess, and mitigate the impacts of natural hazards and disasters.

2. Natural hazards, such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires, present significant challenges to societies worldwide, often leading to disasters that can cause extensive loss of life, property damage, and environmental degradation.

3. Disaster management is the systematic process of using administrative decisions, organisation, operational skills, and capacities to implement policies, strategies, and coping capacities to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster. 

4. By understanding the nature and behaviour of these hazards, developing early warning systems, planning and preparing for emergency response, and implementing effective recovery and mitigation measures, disaster management seeks to enhance resilience and ensure the safety and well-being of communities.

Through this unit, we will explore the multifaceted approaches and tools used in managing and reducing the risks associated with natural hazards, emphasizing the importance of integrated and proactive disaster management practices.

Refer to syllabus for more

1. Fundamental of Environmental Sciences, Catalyst