Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience

HCRI77000 Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience 15 Semester 1 Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Martin Parham Unit coordinator Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 This module will explore the concepts of risk, vulnerability and resilience in the context of multi-risk environments and climate change. These core principles in disaster management will be analysed in applied contexts.  There will also be the opportunity to evaluate and create practical measures, such as risk matrices, qualitative surveys, data analysis and disaster risk management reports,Risk is an important concept which straddles the social and natural sciences.  This module will seek to understand the theories behind risk and then look at practical measures using to assess hazard risk and the perception of it.  Vulnerability is a component of risk.  In this module you will review the key vulnerabilities but understand how these change in demographic / cultural settings.  There will be the opportunity to learn the tools used to assess vulnerability such as EVCAs.Resilience building is a key component of the Sendai Framework and seeks to make countries and communities more able to live with risk.  This module identifies the key characteristics of resilience and seeks to appraise methods undertaken at national and local levels to improve resilience. This module will also consider the potential changes associated with different climate futures and will seek to understand, at an international scale, how we should be developing our mitigative and adaptive approaches.  The module will look at applied examples in the Caribbean and Iceland to assess approaches to National Disaster Risk Assessment works which will provide a basis for the assessment tasks. This module will explore the concepts of risk, vulnerability and resilience in the context of multi-risk environments and climate change. These core principles in disaster management will be analysed in applied contexts.  There will also be the opportunity to evaluate and create practical measures, such as risk matrices, qualitative surveys, data analysis and disaster risk management reports,Risk is an important concept which straddles the social and natural sciences.  This module will seek to understand the theories behind risk and then look at practical measures using to assess hazard risk and the perception of it. Vulnerability is a component of risk.  In this module you will review the key vulnerabilities but understand how these change in demographic / cultural settings.  There will be the opportunity to learn the tools used to assess vulnerability such as EVCAs.Resilience building is a key component of the Sendai Framework and seeks to make countries and communities more able to live with risk.  This module identifies the key characteristics of resilience and seeks to appraise methods undertaken at national and local levels to improve resilience. This module will also consider the potential changes associated with different climate futures and will seek to understand, at an international scale how we should be developing out mitigative and adaptive approaches.  The module will look at applied examples in the Caribbean and Iceland to assess approaches to National Disaster Risk Assessment works which will provide a basis for the assessment tasks. • This unit aims to develop a theoretical understanding of the risk, vulnerability, and resilience nexus in a disaster management context.  • To assess the application of risk, vulnerability ad resilience in applied contexts. • To identify approaches to measure and analyse risk vulnerability and resilience.   • Understand concepts of risk, vulnerability, and resilience • Understand the mechanism of disaster risk assessment practice. • To understand and evaluate approaches to measuring and presenting  disaster risk assessment.  • Application of disaster risk assessment practice to case examples   • How to undertake disaster risk management assessments. • Understand top-down and bottom-up practices to manging risk, reducing vulnerability, and developing resilience.   • Identifying hazard risk factors • Qualitative sampling methods to measure risk perception and vulnerability assessment.  • Writing locational disaster risk management assessments (mitigation plans) • Develop and understanding of quantitative data, media and GIS sources to analyse disaster risk assessment.    • Report writing • Creating qualitative surveys and understanding ethical consideration • Understanding risk communication    Analytical skills Use of qualitative and quantitative data for assessment Written communication Writing applied disaster risk management reports for locations Other Use of basic GIS skills Week 1 Module welcome & defining contested terms Week 2 Mapping and measuring risk through perception. Introduction to assessment 1. Week 3 Understanding vulnerabilities in context; focusing on gender, age, culture Week 4 Assessing vulnerability in the field through Vulnerability Capacity Assessments     Week 5 Building resilience through communication and education Week 6 Effective governance building resilience in top-down approaches. Week 7 National approaches to managing risk assessment.   Week 8 Climate change – understanding projected change and assessing risk, vulnerability and resilience in this context. Week 9 Reflecting on lessons from the frontline.  Evidence of risk, vulnerabilitty and resilience in the Caribbean.   Week 10 Building back better?  Looking into practice for the future.   0 Other 100% <figure class="table" style="width:500px;"><table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Assessment Task</td><td>Formative or Summative</td><td>Weighting within unit</td></tr><tr><td>Qualitative Survey</td><td>Summative</td><td>30%</td></tr><tr><td>Disaster risk assessment report</td><td>Summative</td><td>60%</td></tr><tr><td>Substantial contribution to discussion board</td><td>Summative</td><td>10%</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>   <figure class="table"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td>Feedback method</td><td>Formative or Summative</td></tr><tr><td>Comments on contributions to discussion boards from peers and staff. Also, feedback and answering questions via email. </td><td>Formative</td></tr><tr><td>Written feedback on perception / vulnerability analysis and NDRA report. </td><td>Summative</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>Written feedback on summative assessment within 15 working days. MSc Global Health (Distance) MSc Global Health - September PGDT Taught Component Optional MSc IDM and HR MSc IDM and HR - September PGDT Taught Component Mandatory N <figure class="table" style="float:left;"><table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;"><td style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:498.1pt;" width="664">Adger, W. 2006. Vulnerability. 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In: Handbook of disaster research (pp. 181-203). Springer, Cham.<o:p></o:p>Brand, F. and K. Jax. 2007. Focusing the meaning(s) of resilience: Resilience as a descriptive concept and a boundary object. Ecology and SocietyOnline module – 10 weeks of lectures/activities – 20 hours (plus independent activities and discussion board engagement – 20 hours)