AHA724 - Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Led Recovery
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Daniel McAvoy |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ADH724 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week (live-streamed with recordings provided) 1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week (live-streamed with recordings provided) |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (live-streamed with recordings provided) 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week (live-streamed with recordings provided) |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit will introduce the concept of risk reduction and management across local and international contexts. It will also include case studies to explore how Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes are put into practice as well as the examination of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) outcomes from humanitarian and emergency responses locally and internationally. The unit will include the use of online concept presentations, virtual case studies and simulations to examine the issues of disaster preparedness and DRR across different physical and cultural contexts. Students will also critically examine the role of different stakeholders in pre- and post-disaster phases and the strength of community development-based disaster risk management processes. Another key component of the learning in this unit will be exploring the role of security and social risk as key components of risk management processes in humanitarian contexts.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Analyse the nature of disaster risk and apply strategies for assessing risk, and articulate the relationship between climate change and disasters | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO2 | Critically assess the global policy frameworks, institutional structures and financing mechanisms relevant to disaster risk reduction and management | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Demonstrate your understanding and capacity debate and challenge issues arising from different DRR perspectives, stakeholders and contexts | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO4 | Through undertaking research and analysis, critically evaluate and apply a range of programming approaches to disaster risk reduction, with a focus on community-based approaches and with particular attention to the needs of vulnerable groups | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO5 | Reflect upon personal experience, academic and practitioner literature and course content to examine the nature of disaster risk, the usefulness and application of global DRR frameworks and practical strategies for reducing disaster risk, and make recommendations to enhance future practice | GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Journal | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: (Group) DRR Strategy | 2000 words or equivalent | 40% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 3: Essay | 2000 words or equivalent | 40% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for AHA724 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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