| 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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| 8) |
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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They have a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on economics using other social sciences and mathematics. |
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They have knowledge and skill about different functions and interactions of economy. |
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They use different theoretical approaches to comprehend and solve various economic problems. |
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They are aware of the needs of society and use their knowledge of economics to meet these needs. |
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They have in-depth knowledge on the current issues of the Turkish economy and the global economy. |
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They have in-depth knowledge on the history of the Turkish economy and basic level knowledge on the history of the global economy. |
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Using various statistical techniques and numerical methods, they establish correct economic models and make analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. |
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They use a foreign language at least at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. |
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They improve their skills of teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship. |
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They have universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and adequate knowledge of business law. |
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Being able to develop positive attitudes with regards to lifelong learning, they identify their individual learning needs and carry out studies to fulfil them. |
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They express their ideas and solution proposals concerning their field both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. |
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They use information and communication technologies together with a computer software required by the field at least at advanced level of European Computer Driving License . |
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