Integrating Science Into Disaster Risk Reduction (IRDR0015)

This module is intended to meet the growing and recognised need that scientific and other technical knowledge must become more integrated in a systematic way into disaster risk reduction strategies. The aims of the module therefore are: (i) to make students aware of the role science has to play in informing and improving disaster risk reduction strategies, and (ii) to equip students with the skills and knowledge enabling them to solve complex problems in disaster risk reduction through engagement with scientific knowledge, methods, data and expertise.

The module will consider the following topics:

Overview of approaches to disaster risk reduction.
	Behavioural Biases
	Quantitative risk assessment
	Dealing with uncertainty, including acceptable levels of risk and uncertainty
	Catastrophe modelling
	The role of the insurance industry in risk and disaster reduction
	Warning, evacuation and shelter
	Methodologies for individual and group decision-making
	The roles of scientific evidence, scenario development and horizon scanning in responsible decision-making.
	Science and accountability.
	Science and Policy
	The nature and distribution of risk and disasters, including the temporal and spatial scales and the acute and chronic dimensions.
	Mitigation methods and early warning systems.
	How disaster risk may evolve in the future and how science and technology may be able to improve preparedness.
	The pressures in different sectors that limit the application of science in disaster risk reduction.
	Communication of complex issues to wide and varied audiences that will have different objectives with regard to issues and solutions

HEALTH SYSTEMS|HEALTH ECONOMICS|HEALTH POLICY|PRIORITY SETTING|QUALITY IMPROVEMENT|PUBLIC HEALT

Health systems vary considerably in the ways they are organised including the way they provide care and how they are financed and what they fund. This module...

Health Systems Organisation, Economics, and Policy (IEHC0060)