COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATURAL DISASTERS AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DEP 5009 NATURAL DISASTERS AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT (Non-Thesis)

Course Objective

New management strategies at the same time be informed of the developments and contemporary approaches to public administration, introduce management techniques can be applied to emergency situations, examines the experience of the developed countries have the ability to live with earthquakes in Türkiye's position to assess the future of sustainable developing models applicable local and national level, and define livable cities are seen as the main objectives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Course interpretation of the basic stages of the process states and crisis management.
2   With responsibility for decision-making and implementation of disaster management activities of the institutions and organizations around the world to compare with examples of good practice.
3   With the knowledge acquired in the basic legislation on disaster management disaster management models outlined in a new and modern setting.
4   Examples of processes in the case of natural disaster management strategies for effective development.
5   issues associated with crisis and disaster management, field studies to analyze the level of

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of Disaster, Disaster Types and Characteristics, Crisis Caused by Natural Disasters
2 Examples of Major Natural Disaster in Türkiye and around the world
3 Factors Determining the Effects of Natural Disasters and Their Effects
4 Natural Disasters Caused Crisis Management Key Practice Areas
5 Disaster Legislation in Türkiye I
6 Disaster Legislation in Türkiye II
7 Administrative Structures for Natural Disaster Management in Türkiye I
8 Mid-term
9 Administrative Structures for Natural Disaster Management in Türkiye II
10 International Regulations Overview of Natural Disasters
11 Natural Disaster Management Advanced Country Experiences
12 Disaster management and ethics.
13 Building control and disaster management.
14 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Hikmet YAVAŞ (2005); Doğal Afetler Yönüyle Türkiye'de Belediyelerde Kriz Yönetimi. Orion Yayınları.
Yusuf ŞAHIN, Kriz Yönetimi , Kamu Yönetiminde Çağdaş Yaklaşımlar, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2003.
Zerrin TOPRAK KARAMAN, Yönetim Stratejilerindeki Gelişmeler , TID, Y. 72, S. 426, 2000.
Zerrin TOPRAK, Kent Yönetimi ve Politikası, Beşinci Baskı, Izmir, 2001.
Zerrin TOPRAK, Yerel Yönetimler, Beşinci Baskı, Izmir, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical explanation.
A 15-minute reminders about the topics covered in the previous lesson.
Weekly lesson to draw a general framework on the subject.
Given by the owner of the course materials and lectures with a presentation created using other sources.
Some weeks, group discussions, the realization of specific topics.
Course topics supported by case studies.
Analysis of the case studies given.
Homework practices and internalization of student information.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Gökhan Tenikler
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi IIBF Dokuzçeşmeler Kampüsü Buca/IZMIR
e-posta: gokhan.tenikler@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232 301 0653

Office Hours

Wednesday 15:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Reading 1 20 20
Field study 1 8 8
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.144
LO.2444
LO.33443
LO.43433
LO.543

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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