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Topics in Rebuilding Sustainable Communities After Disasters

Description:
This course focuses on guided project on a topic selected by the student and approved by the program director. Suggested topics include: what happens after the cameras leave?; social vulnerability and analysis; theoretical and policy debates; the roles of public, private and community-based organizations in rebuilding post-disaster; physical, social, economic, and political dimensions of post-disaster recovery planning and policies; analysis of post-disaster urban reconstruction and recovery planning processes; urban design physical planning; neighborhood/community planning; architectural design for different building types; policy formulation and implantation strategies; landscape design; rebuilding and revitalization of historic sites; housing rehabilitation program; socio-economic development programs (rural, urban district or regional); community needs assessment; evaluation of recovery programs; capacity building; the role of vulnerable populations (for example, the elderly, disabled people, children, women, marginalized people) in the development and implementation of reconstruction plans; information needs and the role of the media during and after disasters; and, community resiliency.

Offered in:

2013 Fall

Section	Class Number	Weekly Schedule	Time	Instructor	Location
01	9348		-	Awotona,Adenrele A	ON-LINE	More Info

2013 Spring

Section	Class Number	Weekly Schedule	Time	Instructor	Location
01	3888		-	Awotona,Adenrele A	ON-LINE	More Info