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Units: 3-0-9

Explores vulnerabilities to natural and technological disasters and ways to promote resilience. Designed both for people interested in the societal dimensions of disaster from a research or policy perspective and for those who may be charged with responsibility for on-the-scene intervention. Topics addressed include social, technological, and environmental vulnerabilities; disaster institutions, agencies and policies; normative and operational issues in preparation, warning, and response; individual and group decision-making under stress.

J. Carmin