Master’s Degree in Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Strategies and Tools

MODULE I Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change. Concepts and Context

• Unit 1: Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change
• Unit 2: Disaster Risk and Climate Change
• Unit 3: Disaster Risk and Climate Change Systemic Management Approach
• Unit 4: Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Process and-Strategy Based Approach

MODULE II Prospective and Corrective Disaster Risk Management

• Unit 1: Knowledge Based Prospective and Corrective Risk Management. Context and Concepts
• Unit 2: Risk Assessment for Prospective and Corrective Disaster Risk Management
• Unit 3: Risk Reduction through Prospective Interventions
• Unit 4: Risk Reduction through Corrective Interventions

MODULE III Climate Variability and Climate Change

• Unit 1: Climate System
• Unit 2: Weather, Climate and Climate Change
• Unit 3: Climate Change
• Unit 4: Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Analysis

MODULE IV ICT and GIS in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change

• Unit 1: Introduction to Information Systems, GIS, GPS, Databases and Telecommunications
• Unit 2: Database Geolocalized Data Collection Tools
• Unit 3: QGIS and WMS/WFS Geoservices Desktop Tools
• Unit 4: Mapping and Layers: Cartography, Cadaster, Census, and GIS Analysis to Create Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk Maps

MODULE V Disaster Risk Finance Management and Climate Finance

• Unit 1: Disaster Risk Finance Management and Climate Finance. Context and Concepts
• Unit 2: Disaster Risk Finance Protection in Public Investment
• Unit 3: Disaster Risk Finance Protection in Private Investment
• Unit 4: Climate Finance

MODULE VI Disaster Management and Recovery ​

• Unit 1: Disaster Management and Development Oriented Recovery. Context and Concepts
• Unit 2: Disaster Management and Recovery Planning
• Unit 3: Information Management and Response/Recovery Assessments
• Unit 4: Disaster Management and Development Oriented Recovery Strategies and Tools

MODULE VII Environmental and Disaster Risk Management Tools at Territorial Scales

• Unit 1: Territorial Level Analysis
• Unit 2: Environmental and Disaster Risk Assessment Instruments
• Unit 3: Disaster Risk Environmental Management Planning Instruments
• Unit 4: Management and Monitoring Tools

MODULE VIII Public, Private and Community Investment Tools

• Unit 1: Disaster Risk Management Territorial Scale Analysis
• Unit 2: Environmental Management Tools at the Regional Level
• Unit 3: Environmental Management Tools at the National Level
• Unit 4: Environmental Management Tools at the Local Level

MODULE IX Disaster Risk Corrective Management

• Unit 1: Conceptual Framework
• Unit 2: Corrective Threat management
• Unit 3: Corrective Vulnerability Management
• Unit 4: Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Interventions

MODULE X Master’s Final Project (MFP)

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