GEOG 5340 - Geography of Disasters and Emergency Management

Meets with GEOG 3340. Graduate students should enroll in GEOG 5340 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. Hazards risk reduction approached from governmental standpoint, including cost reduction through mitigation. Development of awareness and expertise in public safety aspects of hazards-reduction planning and implementation. Relationship between levels of government involving laws, agreements, and developing organizations and programs, as influenced by changing philosophies in legal and financial liability.