About the Course
The identification of risk or the perception of risk plays a significant part in the preparation, response and recovery from a crisis or disaster. This introductory course, through the use of some major crisis and disaster case studies, explores the relationship in detail and shines a light on ways for risk and crisis/disaster management to work more closely together to improve overall resilience.You'll learn:
- Essential elements of crisis and disaster risk management
- The principles of crisis and disaster management
- Measuring and assessing threats and vulnerabilities
- Identifying countermeasures to address risks
- Dealing with the unexpected
- Handling decision making under pressure
- The discernible pattern of a crisis or major incident
- The crisis and disaster management process
