Class Description
Various types of disasters, causes of disasters, anthropogenic effects on disasters’ severity; the importance of disaster risk reduction, disaster risk reduction cycle, community’s roles in disaster risk reduction cycle; disaster prevention and mitigation, disaster response, disaster recovery; preparedness, different levels of preparedness, individual level, family level, community level, national level, international level
Class objectives
After the class, students should be able to...
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Give examples of historical disasters
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Explain causes of disasters
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Explain anthropogenic effects on disaster risk
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Give examples of anthropogenic effects from specific examples
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Give examples of disaster risk reduction benefits and the consequences of unmanaged disaster risks
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Explain disaster risk management cycle and its components
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Give examples of community involvement in disaster risk management
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Categorize and give more examples of disaster risk reduction measures within the disaster risk management cycle framework
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Explain different disaster risk management measures
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Give examples of disaster risk reduction activities at all scales
- Teacher: TANWA ARPORNTHIP