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Master of Science (MSc) Elective Course on Disasters, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction
In order to influence the next generation of policymakers and decision makers, PEDRR is working with Cologne University of Applied Sciences' Center for Natural Resources and Development (CNRD) and its global network of universities, in developing a Master of Science (MSc) Elective Course on Disasters, Environment and Risk Reduction. The Course module consists of four main blocks that are divided into approximately 30 sessions and 50 hours of coursework, corresponding to 3-5 credits: Block 1: Elements of Disaster Risk Reduction (15 hours) Block 2: Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction or Eco-DRR (15 hours) Block 3: Eco-DRR instruments and approaches (15 hours) Block 4: Mainstreaming Environment and DRR (5 hours) Course topics include disaster risk trends, ecosystem management tools for DRR, climate change and Ecosystem-based Adaptation, and mainstreaming into development, among others. Curriculum development was undertaken by UNEP, IUCN, UNU and WWF, in collaboration with Cologne University and CNRD partners. The Course is proposed as an elective course to existing MSc degrees such as in geography, natural resources management, water resources management and IWRM, coastal zone management, agricultural sciences, urban planning and environmental sciences. The main guiding philosophy of this Course is “learning by doing”, combining theory with a lot of practice, whether through examples and case study analysis, role play exercises, individual research, group assignments and other interactive teaching methods. CNRD universities from 10 countries (Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, Vietnam, Nepal, Indonesia, Mozambique and Germany) are collaborating with PEDRR in developing and rolling-out the Course, which provides a standard core curriculum that can be modified and adapted depending on each university or institution’s experiences and needs. A Training of Instructors from these 10 countries will be taking place on 25-25 August at Cologne University, with a view to rolling-out the Course in winter term 2012 (see also Events page). PEDRR focal points: Marisol Estrella (marisol.estrella@unep.org) and Radhika Murti (radhika.murti@iucn.org)
In order to influence the next generation of policymakers and decision makers, PEDRR is working with Cologne University of Applied Sciences' Center for Natural Resources and Development (CNRD) and its global network of universities, in developing a Master of Science (MSc) Elective Course on Disasters, Environment and Risk Reduction. The Course module consists of four main blocks that are divided into approximately 30 sessions and 50 hours of coursework, corresponding to 3-5 credits:
Block 1: Elements of Disaster Risk Reduction (15 hours) Block 2: Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction or Eco-DRR (15 hours) Block 3: Eco-DRR instruments and approaches (15 hours) Block 4: Mainstreaming Environment and DRR (5 hours)
Course topics include disaster risk trends, ecosystem management tools for DRR, climate change and Ecosystem-based Adaptation, and mainstreaming into development, among others. Curriculum development was undertaken by UNEP, IUCN, UNU and WWF, in collaboration with Cologne University and CNRD partners.
The Course is proposed as an elective course to existing MSc degrees such as in geography, natural resources management, water resources management and IWRM, coastal zone management, agricultural sciences, urban planning and environmental sciences. The main guiding philosophy of this Course is “learning by doing”, combining theory with a lot of practice, whether through examples and case study analysis, role play exercises, individual research, group assignments and other interactive teaching methods.
CNRD universities from 10 countries (Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, Vietnam, Nepal, Indonesia, Mozambique and Germany) are collaborating with PEDRR in developing and rolling-out the Course, which provides a standard core curriculum that can be modified and adapted depending on each university or institution’s experiences and needs. A Training of Instructors from these 10 countries will be taking place on 25-25 August at Cologne University, with a view to rolling-out the Course in winter term 2012 (see also Events page).
PEDRR focal points: Marisol Estrella (marisol.estrella@unep.org) and Radhika Murti (radhika.murti@iucn.org)
Key publications for ecosystem-based DRR
Assessing future risk: quantifying the effects of sea level rise on storm surge risk for the southern shores of Long Island, New York. Shepard, C., V. N. Agostini, B. Gilmer, T. Allen, J. Stone, W. Brooks, M. W. Beck (2011). http://www.springerlink.com/content/p85t032723506176/ 'Assessing global exposure and vulnerability towards natural hazards: the Disaster Risk Index.' In Peduzzi, P., Dao, Harold, C., Mouton, F. (2009) Natural Hazards Earth System Sciences, 9, p1149-1159. http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/9/1149/2009/nhess-9-1149-2009.html Assessing Hazards in the Gulf of Mexico. Chapter 4 of Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX), IPCC Special Report, summary for policy makers. IPCC, (2011) http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/images/uploads/SREX-All_FINAL.pdf Disaster Risk Reduction and Tsunami Early Warning Systems in Thailand: a case study on Krabi Province. Thomalla, F., Metusela, C., Naruchaikusol, S., Klocker Larsen, R. and Tepa, C. (2009) SEI. http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-ProjectReport-Thomalla- disasterRiskReduction.pdf Ecosystem Approach to DRR: basic concepts and recommendations to governments, with a special focus to Europe. Basis for a draft recommendation for the EUR-OPA agreement. http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/majorhazards/ressources/pub/default_en.asp Environment and Disaster Risk: Emerging perspectives. http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/env_vulnerability.pdf Estimating Regions' Relative Vulnerability to Climate Damages in the CRED Model. Stanton, E.A., Cegan, J, Bueno, R., and Ackerman, R. (2012) http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/SEI-WorkingPaperUS-1103-v2.pdf 'Facing Risks Together.' In UNISDR (2011) Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. www.coe.int/t/dg4/.../pub/FacingRisksTogether_Sept2010_EN.pdf Floods of Insight: Learning From the 1927 and 2011 Mississippi River Floods. http://blog.nature.org/2011/05/floods-of-insight-learning-from-the-1927-and-2011-mississippi-river-floods/ 'Global trends in tropical cyclone risk.' Peduzzi, P., Chatenoux, B., Dao, H., De Bono, A., Herold, C., Kossin, J., Mouton, F., Nordbeck, O. (2012), Nature Climate Change, 2(4), p289-294. http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1410.html 'Impacts from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Analysing the potential protecting role of environmental features.' Chatenoux, B., Peduzzi, P. (2007) Natural Hazards, 40, 289–304 http://www.springerlink.com/content/a5x85775ll706374/fulltext.pdf 'Integrate disaster risk reduction and development, says IPCC Special Report.' SEI Press Release. Nov 18, 2011. http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/News/Press-releases/SEI-PressReleaseintegrateDisasterRiskReductionAndDevelopmentSaysIPCCSpecialReport-18nov2011.pdf 'Landslides and vegetation cover in the 2005 North Pakistan earthquake: A GIS and statistical quantitative approach.' Peduzzi, P. (2010) Natural Hazards Earth System Sciences, 10, p623-640. http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/623/2010/nhess-10-623-2010.html Learning from Cyclone Nargis: Investing in the environment for livelihoods and disaster risk reduction, a case study. http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/nargis_case_study.pdf Linking Ecosystems to Risk and Vulnerability Reduction: The Case of Jamaica. Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Methodology Development Project (RiVAMP). United Nations Environment Programme: Geneva (2010). http://www.grid.unep.ch/products/3_Reports/RiVAMP.pdf Managing watersheds for urban resilience. Policy Brief presented at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2011, High Level Roundtable on “Managing watersheds for urban resilience. http://www.pedrr.net/PEDRR_policy_brief.pdf Poverty and Vulnerability Programme GECAFS Project. http://www.gecafs.org/publications/Publications/Resilience_and_Vulnerability.PDF Reducing Risk through Environment in Recovery Operations: An Initial Review. http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/UNEP_DRR_01.pdf Resilient Coasts: A Blueprint for Action. http://www.ceres.org/resources/reports/resilient-coasts-blueprint-for-action-2009/view The Global Risk Analysis for the 2009 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Conference Proceedings from the International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC), Davos. Peduzzi, P. Chatenoux, B., Dao, H., De Bono, A., Deichmann, U., Giuliani, G., Herold, C., Kalsnes, B, Kluser, S., Løvholt, F., Lyon, B., Maskrey, M., Mouton, F., Nadim, F., Smebye, H., (2010) p1-6. http://www.grid.unep.ch/products/3_Reports/peduzzi_etal_IDRC2010.pdf The protective role of coastal marshes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Shepard, C., Crain, C., Beck, M.W. (2011) PLoS ONE, 6(11) http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0027374 Vulnerability approach to livelihood development. http://www.sei-international.org/vulnerability-approach-to-livelihood-development
Assessing future risk: quantifying the effects of sea level rise on storm surge risk for the southern shores of Long Island, New York. Shepard, C., V. N. Agostini, B. Gilmer, T. Allen, J. Stone, W. Brooks, M. W. Beck (2011). http://www.springerlink.com/content/p85t032723506176/
'Assessing global exposure and vulnerability towards natural hazards: the Disaster Risk Index.' In Peduzzi, P., Dao, Harold, C., Mouton, F. (2009) Natural Hazards Earth System Sciences, 9, p1149-1159. http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/9/1149/2009/nhess-9-1149-2009.html
Assessing Hazards in the Gulf of Mexico. Chapter 4 of Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX), IPCC Special Report, summary for policy makers. IPCC, (2011) http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/images/uploads/SREX-All_FINAL.pdf
Disaster Risk Reduction and Tsunami Early Warning Systems in Thailand: a case study on Krabi Province. Thomalla, F., Metusela, C., Naruchaikusol, S., Klocker Larsen, R. and Tepa, C. (2009) SEI. http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-ProjectReport-Thomalla- disasterRiskReduction.pdf
Ecosystem Approach to DRR: basic concepts and recommendations to governments, with a special focus to Europe. Basis for a draft recommendation for the EUR-OPA agreement. http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/majorhazards/ressources/pub/default_en.asp
Environment and Disaster Risk: Emerging perspectives. http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/env_vulnerability.pdf
Estimating Regions' Relative Vulnerability to Climate Damages in the CRED Model. Stanton, E.A., Cegan, J, Bueno, R., and Ackerman, R. (2012) http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/SEI-WorkingPaperUS-1103-v2.pdf
'Facing Risks Together.' In UNISDR (2011) Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. www.coe.int/t/dg4/.../pub/FacingRisksTogether_Sept2010_EN.pdf
Floods of Insight: Learning From the 1927 and 2011 Mississippi River Floods. http://blog.nature.org/2011/05/floods-of-insight-learning-from-the-1927-and-2011-mississippi-river-floods/
'Global trends in tropical cyclone risk.' Peduzzi, P., Chatenoux, B., Dao, H., De Bono, A., Herold, C., Kossin, J., Mouton, F., Nordbeck, O. (2012), Nature Climate Change, 2(4), p289-294. http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1410.html
'Impacts from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Analysing the potential protecting role of environmental features.' Chatenoux, B., Peduzzi, P. (2007) Natural Hazards, 40, 289–304 http://www.springerlink.com/content/a5x85775ll706374/fulltext.pdf
'Integrate disaster risk reduction and development, says IPCC Special Report.' SEI Press Release. Nov 18, 2011. http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/News/Press-releases/SEI-PressReleaseintegrateDisasterRiskReductionAndDevelopmentSaysIPCCSpecialReport-18nov2011.pdf
'Landslides and vegetation cover in the 2005 North Pakistan earthquake: A GIS and statistical quantitative approach.' Peduzzi, P. (2010) Natural Hazards Earth System Sciences, 10, p623-640. http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/623/2010/nhess-10-623-2010.html
Learning from Cyclone Nargis: Investing in the environment for livelihoods and disaster risk reduction, a case study. http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/nargis_case_study.pdf
Linking Ecosystems to Risk and Vulnerability Reduction: The Case of Jamaica. Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Methodology Development Project (RiVAMP). United Nations Environment Programme: Geneva (2010). http://www.grid.unep.ch/products/3_Reports/RiVAMP.pdf
Managing watersheds for urban resilience. Policy Brief presented at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2011, High Level Roundtable on “Managing watersheds for urban resilience. http://www.pedrr.net/PEDRR_policy_brief.pdf
Poverty and Vulnerability Programme GECAFS Project. http://www.gecafs.org/publications/Publications/Resilience_and_Vulnerability.PDF
Reducing Risk through Environment in Recovery Operations: An Initial Review. http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/UNEP_DRR_01.pdf
Resilient Coasts: A Blueprint for Action. http://www.ceres.org/resources/reports/resilient-coasts-blueprint-for-action-2009/view
The Global Risk Analysis for the 2009 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Conference Proceedings from the International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC), Davos. Peduzzi, P. Chatenoux, B., Dao, H., De Bono, A., Deichmann, U., Giuliani, G., Herold, C., Kalsnes, B, Kluser, S., Løvholt, F., Lyon, B., Maskrey, M., Mouton, F., Nadim, F., Smebye, H., (2010) p1-6. http://www.grid.unep.ch/products/3_Reports/peduzzi_etal_IDRC2010.pdf
The protective role of coastal marshes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Shepard, C., Crain, C., Beck, M.W. (2011) PLoS ONE, 6(11) http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0027374
Vulnerability approach to livelihood development. http://www.sei-international.org/vulnerability-approach-to-livelihood-development