Disaster Relief & Recovery

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The purpose of this course is to address relief and recovery from disasters that occur. The majority of effort will focus on natural disasters, but planned (e.g., terrorism) and unplanned (e.g., oil tanker spills) will be covered as well. Policies, programs and procedures for managing the relief effort and methods of providing the best return to normalcy will be discussed and assessed. Also covered will be the concept of minimizing the occurrences and damages of recurring future events.