Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilient Development

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Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilient Development
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Swayam
Overview

Enhancing Urban Resilience: Strategies for Mitigating Disaster Risks and Adapting to Climate Change in Modern Cities

Duration	15 weeks
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Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Beginner
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Credential	Certificate

Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilient Development
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Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilient Development
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Course details

Who should do this course?

Professionals involved in designing and planning urban spaces need to integrate disaster risk mitigation and climate resilience into their projects

What are the course deliverables?

Explain the fundamental concepts of disaster risk reduction and climate resilience in urban contexts
Describe the various types of urban disasters (natural and anthropogenic) and their potential impacts on communities and infrastructure
Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities in urban areas
Utilize tools and techniques for analyzing and mapping disaster risks and climate impacts in urban settings

More about this course

The course aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the interface between urban development, disaster risk and climate change; the dynamics of risk and variability of climate change; causal factors and impacts of disasters and climate change and the issues involved therein
The course also focuses on disaster and climate resilient urban development, the process, data base requirement, various types of analyses and management and also highlights disaster and climate risk governance
Graduate from any discipline, post graduate students of any discipline, professional from any sector, academicians, researchers and policy/decision makers and anybody who is interested in the subject can enroll in this course

Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilient Development
at
Swayam
Curriculum

Week 01:- Urbanization

Week 02:- Phenomenon of climate

Week 03:- Phenomenon of disaster

Week 04:- Impact of disasters

Week 05:- Impact of disasters in India

Week 06:- Impact of climate change

Week 07:- Urban Heat Island

Week 08:- International guidelines and policies for disaster risk

Week 09:- International guidelines and policies for climate change

Week 10:- Resilient development process

Week 11:- Mainstreaming the DRR and CAA- Part I

Week 12:- Mainstreaming the DRR and CAA- Part II

Week 13:- Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction

Week 14:- Climate Change Mitigation

Week 15:- Disaster response and disaster risk governance and risk financing

Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilient Development
at
Swayam
Faculty details

Prof. Dr. Sanjukkta Bhaduri

Prof. Dr. Sanjukkta Bhaduri is a full time Professor of Urban Planning at SPA, New Delhi. She has done Bachelor in Architecture from Jadavpur University (1983), Masters in City Planning from I.I.T Kharagpur (1985) and Ph.D from SPA, New Delhi (2003). She has 33 years of professional, research and teaching experience in the fields of Urban Planning, Environmental Planning; the areas of special interest are Smart cities, Sustainable Development of settlements, Participatory Planning, Social aspects related to Planning Disaster Management, Urban Environmental Management, Assessment of Environmental Impacts, Energy and Urban Development, Environmental Quality of Human Settlements. She has worked in SPA, Delhi for 30 years in various positions.