COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FORMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND THEIR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AFY 5006 FORMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND THEIR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Disaster Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SEVGI TOKGÖZ GÜNEŞ

Offered to

Disaster Administration

Course Objective

The social, economic and environmental impacts of the disaster throughout its life cycle will be assessed within the scope of environmental, cumulative and strategic impact assessment studies. The course content will present disaster impact assessment methodologies, environmental management plans in disasters, success criteria in disaster management and best practice examples. In addition, examples from disaster impact assessment studies for different sectors will be given.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   - To learn about the social, economic and environmental dimensions of disasters,
2   - To be able to use methodology for disaster impact assessment
3   - To be able to integrate disaster risk into environmental, cumulative and strategic impact assessment studies
4   - To gain basic knowledge in disaster risk reduction and management in the environmental context

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Context of disaster and impact assessment studies: Social, economic and environmental dimensions
2 2. Methodologies for disaster impact assessment
3 3. Basic steps in integrating disaster risk concerns into impact assessment studies
4 4. Environmental, cumulative and strategic impact assessment studies in pre-disaster risk assessment, reduction and management
5 5. Rapid impact assessment studies in disasters: Identification, definition and prioritization
6 6. Post-disaster impact assessment
7 7. Midterm exam
8 8. Disaster impact assessment in world and Turkish legislation
9 9. Disaster reduction and monitoring measures
10 10. Global disasters and their impacts
11 11. Environmental management plan in disasters
12 12. Critical factors in environmental success in disaster risk management
13 13. Best practice examples in environmental management of disaster risks
14 14. Disaster impact assessment for different sectors
15 15. Term paper presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

- The Environmental Emergencies Guidelines (2017), Un Environment, 2. Ed., Published in Switzerland, 2017 by the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit, Copyright © 2017 UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit
- Benson, C., Twigg, J., Rossetto, T. (2007).Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction: Guidance Notes for Development Organisations, Provention Consortium, Copyright © 2007 by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies / the ProVention Consortium.
- Kelly, C. (2005). Guidlines For Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment In Disasters, Developed by: Benfield Hazard Research Centre, University College London and CARE International.
- Finglas, L. (2024). Environmental Impact Assessment Report, Chapter 22: Risk of Major Accident and Disasters.
-Republic of Moldova Disaster and Climate Risk Management Project- EIA and Environmental Management Plan (2010)
- The Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT+) Process Guidance (2020), The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Joint Environment Unit (JEU).
-Current legislation and literature.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures with presentations. Gaining practice in researching and explaining topics related to course content within the scope of term papers.

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Term exam and term paper are evaluation criteria.

It is mandatory to get at least 70 points from the term paper to gain the right to final.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Assignment is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr.Sevgi TOKGÖZ GÜNEŞ
sevgi.tokgoz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3 45
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 2 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.14
LO.234
LO.333
LO.444444

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