The course is a mixture of taught units and a research project covering:

• hazard, vulnerability and risk assessments
• emergency planning
• disaster risk reduction
• logistics and financial planning
• business continuity
• disaster resilience

You will gain:

• a robust understanding of hazards, vulnerability and risk of disaster
• experience of using disaster risk reduction techniques
• awareness of ways of improving resilience within organisations or communities
• an understanding of emergency planning and business continuity planning
• awareness of crisis and disaster response, including media management
• knowledge of the financial planning and logistics for emergency management
• experience of qualitative and quantitative survey techniques
• mapping skills using GIS, GPS and remote sensing technologies
• work placement opportunities with emergency planning, crisis management or disaster response organisations

For further information, please visit the website of the University of Portsmouth.