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Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma/MSc in
Disaster Management and Sustainable Development
operated by Faculty of Social Sciences - Northumbria University
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The programme provides opportunities to develop the following:
- Knowledge of disaster management and sustainable development including frameworks and skills for addressing contemporary hazards, disasters and complex emergencies with an emphasis on either post-development or majority world contexts.
- The skills required for evaluation and planning in the core areas of early warning, preparedness, immediate and long-term response systems, and sustainability with a focus on; hazard and disaster information systems; bio-physical and political ecological environments of hazard; environmental and human vulnerabilities and resilience; the role of institutions in disaster management; and capacity building in institutional development (international, transnational, governmental and civil societal).
- Specialisms in environmental/geographical information systems (GIS), corporate and strategic management, and physical and mental health in the context of disaster management and development.
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| Course Type | | | CourseDuration | 1 or 2 semesters for the PG Cert, 2 or 3 semesters for the PG Dip, 1 to 5 years for the MSc. Full-time. | | Course Cost | | | Course Schedule | | | Course Audience | Those working with relief and development organisations, regional and local authorities, the emergency services, and some elements of public and private utilities |
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