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MPA-003 RISK ASSESSMENT AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS
(CREDITS 4)
This Course deals with the meaning, observation, perception, and identification of risk and vulnerability factors
associated with disasters. Factors contributing to vulnerability such as poverty, displacement, etc. are discussed.
Various preventive strategies, such as, policies pertaining to emergency assistance, social development and
infrastructure development are also dealt. The Course content is as follows:
1) Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability
2) Understanding Risk: Concept and Elements
3) Risk Reduction
4) Risk Analysis Techniques
5) Participatory Risk Assessment
6) Vulnerability Analysis and Risk Assessment
7) Observation and Perception of Vulnerability
8) Vulnerability Identification
9) Vulnerability: Social Factors
10) Vulnerability: Economic Factors
11) Vulnerability to Shanty Settlements
12) The Experience of Vulnerability-I
13) The Experience of Vulnerability-II
14) Strategies for Survival
15) Vulnerability and Development: The Role of Development
16) Resource Analyses and Mobilisation
17) Strategic Developments for Vulnerability Reduction

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