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The departments of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience

Departments of the Faculty of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience

Each department is a coherent body of related disciplines, with their courses and the pathways that run through them.

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01At a glance

Departments of the Faculty of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience at a glance

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Faculty of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience: 4 departments and 14 disciplines. 3 disciplines with open courses; primary courses 4 open and 28 in preparation. 01 Department of Hazard Science: Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and landslides (0 open, 7 in preparation); Floods, storms and tropical cyclones (0 open, 3 in preparation); Heat, drought and wildfire (0 open, 2 in preparation); Technological, industrial and Natech hazards (0 open, 2 in preparation); Space weather and extraterrestrial hazards (0 open, 0 in preparation). 02 Department of Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning: Disaster risk reduction (1 open, 2 in preparation); Early warning and anticipatory action (2 open, 3 in preparation); Multi-hazard and compound risk assessment (0 open, 0 in preparation); Biological and epidemic hazards in disaster risk management (0 open, 0 in preparation). 03 Department of Emergency Management and Recovery: Preparedness, emergency and crisis management (0 open, 1 in preparation); Recovery, reconstruction and loss accounting (0 open, 1 in preparation). 04 Department of Humanitarian Action, Mobility and Community Resilience: Humanitarian action and displacement (0 open, 3 in preparation); Migration and human mobility (0 open, 1 in preparation); Community resilience and inclusion (1 open, 3 in preparation).
Hazards, Disasters and Resilience: departments, disciplines and courses
  • Open, 4
  • In preparation, 28
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02Departments

The departments at a glance

Numbered as on the faculty figure above.

03Department

Department of Hazard Science

Geophysical, hydrometeorological, climatological and technological hazards: their processes, measures and maps, including industrial and Natech events.

04Department of Disaster

Department of Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning

The Sendai Framework, risk-informed development, early warning systems and anticipatory action.

05Department of Emergency

Department of Emergency Management and Recovery

Preparedness, incident command, crisis management, recovery, reconstruction and loss accounting.

06Department of Humanitarian

Department of Humanitarian Action, Mobility and Community Resilience

Humanitarian action and displacement, migration and human mobility, and community resilience and inclusion.

07Maps

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08Nexus Standards

Nexus Standards it teaches and relies on

The Nexus Standards the faculty teaches toward, grouped by master standard, with the disciplines that teach each.

09Research hub

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Search termsHazards, Disasters and Resilience; Hazard Science; Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning; Emergency Management and Recovery; Humanitarian Action, Mobility and Community ResilienceDerived from the Risk Academy page on the departments of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience.

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