The course aims to provide Demographic changes, human settlement patterns, land-use decisions and political and social policy dynamics have increased vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters. Planning and policy processes and interventions can help reduce disaster vulnerabilities and increase resilience at every stage of the disaster management cycle: disaster mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery.

Topics To Be Covered

1. Overview of Emergency Management
2. Overview of Disasters
3. Disaster Scenario in Bangladesh
4. Disaster Management: Bangladesh Perspective
5. Forecast-Based Emergency Preparedness: Climate Risks Project
6. Disaster Management & Government
7. National Plan for Disaster Management
8. Disaster Management Regulatory Framework
9. Bangladesh: The Good Practices
10. Climate Change and Disaster Management in Bangladesh

 Course Objective

This course introduces the student to the basic premises of emergency management including: prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Students learn the concepts of the whole community and all-hazards planning.