Course Overview

Course Title: Risk and Crisis Management: Global Perspectives and Local Responses
Credit Points: 12
Nominal Hours:
Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Damian Grenfell
Course Coordinator Phone:
Course Coordinator Email: damian.grenfell@rmit.edu.au
Course Summary

The field of risk and crisis management is growing significantly given changes in the nature of conflict, the impacts of climate change and the onwards complexity of emergencies and disasters globally. This course combines practical training in risk identification and crisis management, examines their intersections, and applies these to emergency and disaster contexts across local, national and global contexts. Both community and organisational perspectives on how to respond to risk and crises are engaged with across the course.

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