Disaster Risk Reduction Short Course: Community Risk Assessments

Date: 23 Oct 2017 to: 27 Oct 2017

The course focuses on strengthening community-based risk assessment capabilities in disaster-prone informal settlements. The course gives priority to assessing household and community risks using a range of participatory methods as well as other quantitative and spatial risk-related data. It is useful and relevant to disaster management practitioners working in at-risk communities, local councillors / political leaders. However, the course is equally important for development practitioners, as well as those concerned with capacity-building, poverty reduction or sustainable development.

Key Content Areas:

  • Role of CRA in development planning/ risk reduction
  • Principles, practice and ethics of CRA      
  • Introduction to critical data sources for assessing risk
  • Capturing and mapping spatial data using GPS
  • Introduction to participatory CRA methods
  • Conducting a preliminary scoping exercise
  • Applied CRA: Fieldwork in an informal settlement
  • Effective analysis/consolidation of CRA findings
  • Effective communication of CRA findings 

Important Information:

  • Course Cost: R7000.00 / +-USD 500.00
  • 40% reduction for registered SU students
  • Course duration: 5 days
  • Course instruction in English

Certificate of competence (5 credits) issued upon successful completion of take-home assignment

 

Short course online registration: http://shortcourses.sun.ac.za//courses.html

For more information or queries please contact:

Mrs Patricia Zweig

Email: patriciazweig@sun.ac.za

 

Tel: +27 (0)21 808 9282; Fax: +27 (0)21 882 8469