In the past, developing countries such as Korea lacked guidelines for exploring effective policies for disaster-resilient growth, resulting in unnecessary sacrifices in terms of time, resources, and human capital. Through the lessons learned by Korea, currently developing countries facing socio-economic development can build disaster resilience without sacrifices.
Disaster Risk Management and Korean Policies
Disaster Risk Management and Korean Policies
Instructor: Sohn, Hong-Gyoo
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19 hours to complete
3 weeks at 6 hours a week
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Can explain how humans have understood and accepted disasters and how they have worked to reduce them.
Can summarize the theories that explain the
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There are 5 modules in this course
This module introduces concept of disaster.
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1 video1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
This module shows major disasters and theories.
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6 videos5 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt
This module explains the major DRM policies of the Korean government in accordance with the disaster management phase.
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2 videos2 readings2 assignments
This module explains how geospatial information technology can be utilized for disaster damage estimation.
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4 videos5 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
This module explains the theories and examples from various aspects that can be applied to build a disaster resilient nation.
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3 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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SG
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Reviewed on Aug 27, 2021
The course was very helpfull for me,because i am leading the risk Assessment mainly on DRR for the two governorate of iraq. I am in the middle of the practices for the ECHO -DRR/WASH project
AI
5
Reviewed on Nov 11, 2020
Its really effective course regarding Disaster Risk Reduction to understand the disaster cycle
JG
5
Reviewed on Oct 30, 2022
This course is very informative to this generation we are into. You can learn best practices from Korea in a way how they have handled previous disaster.
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