GEG 4720 - Sustainability in Mitigation Planning

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): GEG 1100 OR GEG 1300 AND GEG 3600 OR GEG 3610 OR ENV 4010

Description: This course studies the principles of community emergency planning and hazard mitigation to reduce the longterm risks and impact of natural hazards on local communities. It acknowledges that natural hazards such as floods, storms, and earthquakes cannot be prevented; their risks to life and property can be greatly reduced through advanced mitigation planning that reduces or eliminates long-term risks of natural hazard vulnerability. It recognizes that natural-environmental hazards are inextricably intertwined with sustainable development. The course reviews how sustainable community development that improves social equity while minimizing environmental damage reduces the vulnerability of a community to natural disasters. The course provides the required skills to design a strategic program to elaborate a hazard mitigation plan for local communities. Some sections of this course may include service learning.