Introduction to Disaster Risk Management and Climate Adaptation

The course covers factors such as globalisation's impact on vulnerability; socio-economic and political dimensions; and health aspects at the local level.

You will get an outline of historical perspectives of disaster risk management, the changing nature of humanitarian crises and disasters in fragile contexts. Vulnerability reduction and resilience building, climate change and forced migration are also included.

For more details about the course, please refer to the course curriculum.

ECTS: 7.5

Price: DKK 16,500 - DKK 33,000

Course content

• Disaster risk as an interaction of exposure and vulnerability rather than the hazard per se.
• Climate change adaptation and its impact on natural resources and livelihoods.
• Key concepts, frameworks and debates in the developing field of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation.
• Overview of the global landscape of actors and institutions within disaster risk management and climate change adaptation.
• The disaster-development-climate nexus.
• The role of health and health challenges in disaster risk management and climate change.
• The complex interaction between disaster preparedness, response and recovery, prevention.

Learning method

• Lectures - Imparting knowledge, concepts, theories and models.
• Exercises - Inquiry or skills based with emphasis on analytical skills and problem solving.
• Videos - Guided with a set of questions or an exercise that follows.
• Seminars - Self-directed by students and guided and mentored by tutors.
• Presentations - of group assignments and feedback by a panel of tutors.
• Paper - To develop academic writing skills and assessed by course leader.