Course Objectives: |
Disaster and emergency management is a kind of multi-disciplinary subject which includes engineering, social and health sciences and has great importance in Turkey where natural disasters, earthquakes in particular, are the major threats.
That’s why, it is aimed to teach the phases of disaster managements, concepts of emergency and risk managements, the responsibility and jurisdictions of the stakeholders, legislations for the disaster managements, implementation of risk, hazard and SWOT analysyis to the students of all disciplines.
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Course Content: |
What are the Disasters? How can they classified? What are their properties? Vision, Mission and Principles of Integrated Disaster Management. Phases of Disaster Management – Introduction to Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation Phases, Risk and Emergency Management Concepts, their advantages and disadvantages. Preparedness Phase – Rapid Response ans Early Warning Systems, Disaster Scenarios, Emergency Action Plans. Response Phase – Search and Rescue, First Aid, Sire Safety, Security Systems. Incident Command System. Recovery Phase – Temporary Residences, Housing, Repairment or replacement of roads,public buildings and bridges, Implementation of Mitigation Measures. Mitigation Phase – Economical Aspets of Disasters, Risk Transfer Systems: Disaster Funds and Insurance, DASK as an example. SWOT /Risk Analysis – Information, Methods and Examples.
Stakeholders in Disaster Management Systems (Central and Local Governments, Private Sector, NGOs and Citizens) – Their responsibilities and duties. Legisletion of Disaster Management System in Turkey, evaluation of the situation after 1999 and 2023 Earthquakes. Evaluation, Comparison and Examples of Disaster Management Systems from different Countries over the World and Turkey. |
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Related Preparation |
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What are the Disasters? How can they classified? What are their properties? |
www.preventionweb.net
www.emdat.be |
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Vision, Mission and Principles of Integrated Disaster Management |
FEMA, Principles of Emergency Management, September 11, 2007. |
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Phases of Disaster Management – Introduction to Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation Phases, Risk and Emergency Management Concepts, their advantages and disadvantages. |
-Fundamentals of Emergency Management, Independent Study, May 25, 2011, FEMA
-Introduction to Disaster Management , Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC), Disaster Management, Version 1.0
-Nilgün Okay, Online Natural Disaster Risk Management Program, World Bank Institute.
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Mitigation Phase – Economical Aspets of Disasters, Risk Transfer Systems: Disaster Funds and Insurance, DASK as an example. |
-Fundamentals of Emergency Management, Independent Study, May 25, 2011, FEMA
-Introduction to Disaster Management , Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC), Disaster Management, Version 1.0
-F. Bendimerad and Louise Comfort, Reducing Vulnerability and Improving Sustainability of the World’s Megacities, The EMI Experience, A Presentation to the US Agency for International Development, Washington DC, 5 December 2002
-www.gndr.org- 2018 Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction. |
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Preparedness Phase – Rapid Response ans Early Warning Systems, Disaster Scenarios, Emergency Action Plans |
-Fundamentals of Emergency Management, Independent Study, May 25, 2011, FEMA
-ABC Temel Afet Bilinci, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü, Afete Hazırlık Eğitim Birimi, www.aheb.org |
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Response Phase – Search and Rescue, First Aid, Sire Safety, Security Systems |
-Fundamentals of Emergency Management, Independent Study, May 25, 2011, FEMA
-M. Kadıoğlu, Afet Yönetimi, Beklenilmeyeni Beklemek, En Kötüsünü Yönetmek, T.C. Marmara Belediyeler Birliği Yayını, 2011.
-Community Volunteers Training Program, Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Disaster Preparedness Education Unit, www.aheb.org |
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Incident Command System and its applications |
-Community Volunteers Training Program, Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Disaster Preparedness Education Unit, www.aheb.org
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Midterm Exam |
7 weeks lecture materials |
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Recovery Phase – Temporary Residences, Housing, Repairment or replacement of roads,public buildings and bridges, Implementation of Mitigation Measures. |
-Fundamentals of Emergency Management, Independent Study, May 25, 2011, FEMA
-M. Kadıoğlu, Afet Yönetimi, Beklenilmeyeni Beklemek, En Kötüsünü Yönetmek, T.C. Marmara Belediyeler Birliği Yayını, 2011. |
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Disasters and Development
Gender Mainstraeming in Disaster Management
United Nations Hyogo and Sendai Framework for Action.
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www.preventionweb.net |
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SWOT /Risk Analysis – Information, Methods and Examples |
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Legislation of Disaster Management System in Turkey, Stakeholders in DM (Central and Local Goverments, Private Sector, NGOs andividuals), Evaluation of the situation after 1999 and 2023 Earthquakes. |
www.akom.ibb.istanbul |
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Evaluation, Comparison and Examples of Disaster Management Systems from different Countries over the World and Turkey |
www.bousai.go.jp
www.fema.gov |
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Evaluation and Discussion on the concepts and gains of the lecture |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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Understand the concepts and concepts related to the field of health at the undergraduate level, and have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools and other sources of current information in the field of health. |
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Knowledge of nature, source, limits, accuracy, reliability and validity of knowledge. |
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Uses advanced theoretical and factual knowledge acquired at the undergraduate level. |
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Interprets, evaluates, identifies, analyzes, shares information and makes teamwork with scientifically proven data by using the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of health. |
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Uses computer programs, related technologies and educational tools in the field of health. |
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Carries out a study independently by using its advanced knowledge in the field of health and takes responsibility as a team member in cooperation with other professional groups working in this field. |
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Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve unforeseen complex problems encountered in the practices related to the field of health. |
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Plans, manages, and monitors and evaluates the activities for the development of employees in a project. |
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Evaluates the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of health with a critical approach. |
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Determines learning needs and learning resources, directs learning function by using resources effectively. |
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Develops a positive attitude towards life-long learning and turns it into behavior. |
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Informs the related persons and institutions about the health field; conveys his / her thoughts and solution suggestions in writing and orally, and receives the opinions, requests and expectations of the relevant persons and institutions. |
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With the awareness of social responsibility, organizes and implements projects and activities in cooperation with other professional groups for the social environment in which he lives. |
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Follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at B1 General Level of European Language Portfolio. |
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Express themselves effectively in verbal and written. |
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Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software required by the field at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Driving License. |
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Monitors and evaluates the events / developments on the agenda of the society and the world in the field of health. |
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Acts and participates in accordance with Quality Management and Processes. |
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They cooperate with people from related disciplines and acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results related to health field. |
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Have enough consciousness about individual and community health, environmental protection and occupational safety. |
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