Disaster and Emergency Management is situated within multiple social, political, religious and cultural contexts. The Asia-Pacific region forms one of the most ethnically diverse regions in the world and this unit provides a comprehensive introduction to differing codes of practice and ethical considerations for governing disaster risk and humanitarian response, disaster policy formulation and drafting, differing roles of actors from government, civil society and the market in disaster risk reduction. Students explore and critique various psychological, social, cultural, political and economic approaches and dimensions of disaster response and mitigation strategies.
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