Course: Coping With Disasters
The course introduces factors that influence a society's resilience which is the ability to recover and bounce back after a disastrous event. It bridges disciplines to provide a multifaceted understanding of societal ability to withstand a crisis, on the individual, community, infrastructural, and institutional level. It presents students to the main concepts of disaster research, drawing from the fields of earth sciences, environmental studies, sociology, health sciences, psychology, and cultural studies.
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All master’s-level courses offered at UW are open to guest students, exchange students, and working professionals. The courses form part of UW’s two international and multidisciplinary master’s programmes: Coastal and Marine Management and Coastal Communities and Regional Development.