COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADMINISTRATION OF SOCıAL AND BEHAVıORAL PROCESSES IN DISASTERS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AFY 6010 ADMINISTRATION OF SOCıAL AND BEHAVıORAL PROCESSES IN DISASTERS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Disaster Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Disaster Administration

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand suitable analytical concepts and methods related to effects of disasters invariably rooted in societal and individual processes, It anticipates changes in the social and behavioral level. It aims to develop knowledge and skills related to analytical thinking about societal and human processes. It examines current research pertaining to the sociological and psychological dimensions of disasters and emergency management, It teaches the contours of social and individual vulnerability and resilience, analysis the concepts of social vulnerability, social resilience and individual adaptation as central concepts in understanding the social and behavioral nature of disaster.


Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   understanding how a disaster changes the life and welfare of residents, communities and regions (direct and indirect impacts).
2   understanding the potential impacts of a disaster for gender and various social, ethnic and age groups (vulnerability of various population groups).
3   .analysing mitigation, adaptation or compensation measures for the harmful social impacts (adaptive capacity).
4   applying planning tools for planners and decision-makers to likely social change
5   To develop community empowerment tools for communities to cope with the impacts of disaster and the post-disaster conditions
6   Developing vulnerability and capacity assessment, community risk assessment (CRA) and community Environmental assessment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Overview
2 Overview of empirical vs. theoretical approaches
3 Human behavior in disaster, myths and reality
4 Group disaster behavior;
5 Community social systems and disaster
6 Cultures, demographics and disaster
7 Behavior distinctions
8 Midterm Exam
9 Model-building in sociological, inividual disaster research
10 Social and individual ımpact assessment for disaster management
11 Disaster management practices in which social dimensions of disasters are badly identified and assessed
12 Problem and offers social impact assessment
13 Scenarios on social and behavioral aspects
14 Presentations
15 FINAL

Recomended or Required Reading

Bosher,L, 2007, Social and Institutional Elements of Disaster Vulnerability, Bethesda Academic Press.Phillips, B.D., Thomas, D., Fothergill, A., & Blinn-Pike, L. (Eds.). (2013). Social vulnerability to disasters (2nd ed.). Boca
Derici, M.K., 2003, Doğal Afetlerin Afet çalışanlarına Getirisi Stres ve Stres ile Mücadele, Sivil Savunma, Sayı 172, 20-23,
Görgü, H.H., 2006, Afetlerde Ortaya Çıkan Temel Duygularımız ve Başa Çıkma Yolları, Sivil Savunma Yolları, Sivil Savunma, Sayı 184, 13-15
Karancı, N., 2004, Afetzede Psikolojisi, Iç işleri Bakanlığı Eğitim Dairesi Başkanlığı, Eet Yönetimi, 55. Dönem Mülki Idare Amirleri Semineri Ders Notları, Ankara
Quarantelli, E.L 1987. Disaster Studies: An Analysis of the Social Historical Factors Affecting the Development of Research in the Area. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 5(3): 285-310.
Rauno Sairinen Social Impact Assessment for Environmental Disaster Management Pages 137 147

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

-Lecture
- Being prepared to the course
- Discussion
- Case analysis, role playing
- Applications

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Active presentations, analysing cases, playing roles, interpreting phenomena

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.Participants should come to the class by reading all course materials
2. Participating to the class discussions is must.
3. Attending at least 70% of lectures is must
4. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 5 4 20
Preparing assignments 10 6 60
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 174

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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