Risk Analysis for Disaster Preparedness and Homeland Security

Catalog description

This course provides an analysis of vulnerability assessment as the foundation for effective hazard mitigation by introducing and explaining various methodologies to carry out the process of vulnerability assessment. Moreover, this course will introduce students to (1) material in the risk communication/risk perception literature; (2) basic modeling techniques in quantitative risk assessment; (3) a risk management framework suitable for quantitative risk modeling and risk communication, and (4) case studies related to technological hazards and natural hazards.