Trimester 3

Natural hazards are increasingly disrupting socio-economic lives of countries worldwide. With the ongoing climate change and increasing population, the impacts of hazards are predicted to be even higher and worse unless informed decisions are taken. This module aims to equip students with deep understanding of hazards how they turn into disasters. It exposes them on how to analyses and manage disaster risk; identify areas prone to natural hazards using GIS and Remote Sensing (landslide, earthquake, flood, drought, etc.), assess their impacts on health as well as how they can be strategically managed to minimize their potential impacts.

Upon completion of the module, students should be able to:

• Identify and characterize different types of hazards
• Analyse hazards
• Analyse exposure, vulnerability, and risks
• Explain the impacts on health once a disaster happens
• Propose possible mitigation against disasters.