About this subject
Welcome
Welcome to EMG308. Disaster recovery, sustainability and resilience are now key words for emergency managers. Disaster plans must incorporate the philosophy of sustainable development. Increasingly communities are being encouraged to find ways to build their resilience, rather than 'waiting for help to arrive'. The degree to which a community is considered resilient is often spoken about in terms of its 'vulnerability'. Through the use of case study examples this subject explores the concepts of sustainability, vulnerability and resilience in both the western and third world context.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to define what is meant by a ‘community’ within the emergency management context
- be able to describe the impact of trauma on communities, industry and individuals
- be able to explain the principles and process of recovery
- be able to link environmental recovery to emergency management
- be able to explain the concepts of social vulnerability and community resilience
- be able to describe and explain the effect of social structure on disaster recovery
- be able to devise strategies for building the resilience of a particular community
Your subject coordinator
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Val Ingham Welcome EMG308 Disaster Recovery, Sustainability and Resilience. I hope that you will find this subject interesting and challenging and I look forward to your participation on the subject Forum. I can be contacted by email: vingham@csu.edu.au or phone: 02 6338 4639 |
Locating Emergency Management Australia, Manual 3, Glossary & Manual 10, Recovery
This essential resource is located on this CDROM:
Access to the entire EMA Manual series is through clicking on the tab ‘EMA MANUALS’ located on the Homepage of this Study Guide. You will be specifically looking for Manuals 3 and 10.
Keeping track of your Activities
Throughout the Study Guide there are various Activities, most of which require a written answer. We suggest you start a folder titled EMG308 Activities, download the ‘printable document’ at the end of each activity, and after completing the activity save it to this folder.
Prescribed Texts
- McEntire, D. (2007). Disaster Response and Recovery. John Wiley & Sons: USA
The website associated with your McEntire text is: http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=0471789747&bcsId=3306
Required reading
- Emergency Management Australia, Manual 10 Recovery, located on this Study Guide.
- Readings for EMG308, as directed by your Study Guide and also located in the Readings tab on the Home Page
The following texts are referred to frequently and relevant sections are reproduced in your Readings. They are also available online.
- Focus on Recovery: A Holistic Framework for Recovery in New Zealand located at: http://www.mcdem.govt.nz/memwebsite.nsf/Files/FocusOnRecovery/$file/FocusOnRecovery.pdf
- Recovery Management Director’s Guidelines for CDEM Groups, link located at: http://www.mcdem.govt.nz/memwebsite.nsf/Files/RecoveryManagementDirectorsGuideline05/$file/RecoveryManagementDirectorsGuideline05.pdf
- Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center. (2001). Holistic disaster recovery: Ideas for building local sustainability after a natural disaster. Public Entity Risk Institute: Fairfax, VA.
The 2001 full text version is the one we are using, it is a free download available at www.riskinstitute.org The later edition is published as a book for sale.
CDROM content structure
The structure of Activities, Forum Activities, Readings and Videos throughout this CDROM are explained in this section.
Please take a moment to review the icons and structure of activities, forum activities, readings and videos used throughout this CDROM Study Guide. Writing in red font indicates a clickable or downloadable activity. All links to external websites go directly to referred material.
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