Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilient Development

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The course aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the interface between urban development, disaster risk and climate change, dynamics, variability causal factors and impacts of disasters and climate change and the issues involved therein. The course also focuses on disaster and climate resilient urban development and management and also highlights the disaster and climate risk governance. The course started from 25th Jan 2019, it is a 15 week course with a detailed understanding of the subject.

The learning outcome for the course are:

• Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilient Development 
• Understanding the phenomenon of Disasters and climate change
• The interface between urban disaster risks, climate change and Urban Development
• Policies, Guidelines and Legislation for addressing the Disaster Risks and Climate Change
• Process of Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilient Development in spatial planning process
• Disaster management and climate change adaptation measures
• Disaster Risk Governance and Risk Finance.