Disaster Recovery and Sustainability

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This course deals with the complex political, social, and administrative process of disaster recovery. The emergent concept of sustainable recovery will be explored in the context of the other components of emergency management, federal and state recovery assistance processes, pre-event recovery planning, and other forms of community planning, long-term restoration planning, and hazard mitigation planning. The course will employ a variety of instructional approaches using existing cases, scenarios, and recovery exercises.