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Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation and Climate Resilient Development

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Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation & Climate Resilient Development

Over the past few decades, the world saw some unfortunate and unprecedented situations. With urbanization and globalization peaking throughout the years, we witnessed a drastic decline in environmental quality and an increase in natural emergencies. It is essential to be aware of the consequences of our actions in our communities and surroundings. With Swayam’s Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation & Climate Resilient Development Course, learn about urban development and its relationship with disaster risks, emergency management, and climate change.

With a Certificate in Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation & Climate Resilient Development Course, you will be able to analyze the factors behind climate emergencies, disaster management, and urban development. The course will also take you through resilient methods of community development in urban sectors.

Moreover, you will also understand the strategies to make surroundings anti-fragile and contribute to a risk-free environment. With each passing day, people are becoming more conscious and aware of their actions and their consequences. Get your certificate today to attain knowledge and spread insight about the situation to others as well.

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15 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Disaster Management

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IsraelX via Edx
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Resilience - The art of coping with disasters

Successful coping and disaster management instances have a common element - resilience. In recent decades, this word has become a buzzword in discussions around disasters and crises. The Resilience - The art of coping with disasters course by edX will equip you with the necessary resources and techniques to manage stressful experiences. The programme will also help you to emerge victorious from such situations.

The Resilience - The art of coping with disasters online course will introduce a clearer definition of resilience with the prospect of enhancing your crisis management capabilities. You will learn to manage and execute protective measures and emergency response interventions and preparedness. You will comprehend the relevance and significance of resilience in various times and situations.

Moreover, the Resilience certification training curriculum will explore resilience measurement concepts to build a response plan for emergencies. During the course, we will also uncover social media’s role in the crisis management lifecycle. The programme’s duration is 11 weeks and it has a self-paced learning plan. The instructor-paced programme can take the course by paying the fee and get a certificate. The students can also audit the programme for a limited period free of cost. 

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11 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Disaster Management
Natural Hazards

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Natural Hazards

The Natural Hazards certification course throws light on the phenomena of natural disasters. Processes like land-level changes, ground deformations, event recurrence intervals, sedimentation patterns, and the associated environmental and depositional changes are discussed. The course is spread over eight weeks and falls under the domain of civil engineering. 

The Natural Hazards online training lets students explore the different types of natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, and storms, etc. Through this activity, they will understand the natural hazards caused by disasters in the associated landscapes. This elective course has also been approved by the AICTE. 

The Natural Hazards certification syllabus also includes how different regions like floodplains, mainland, hilly terrains, coastal areas, etc., feel the impact of the disasters. The course concludes with dedicated lectures on the various measures and approaches to assess and mitigate these natural hazards properly. The training is offered by Professor Javed N Malik, who specializes in active tectonics and paleoseismology.

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8 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Disaster Management
Disaster Recovery and Build Back Better

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Disaster Recovery and Build Back Better

The Disaster Recovery and Build Back Better Certification is an 8-week online course. Even if Swayam is assigned to teach the course, IIT Roorkee creates and validates the course syllabus. The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and NPTEL are the organizations accredited to issue this course certificate.

Disaster Recovery and Build Back Better training is a part of the architecture and technology elective curriculum. This certification course is taught by Ram Sateesh Pasupuleti, and Subhojyothi Samaddar.

This course takes a comprehensive and integrated approach to post-disaster restoration and regeneration in order to deal with a wide range of issues and ensure that the impacted community is rebuilt in an adaptable manner for the upcoming years. It exposes research concepts, methodologies, industry experience, field observations, rational analysis, and vital findings on the following areas of disaster recovery Build Back Better (BBB).

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8 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Disaster Management

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Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience

Nature offers many solutions to avoid or reduce the impacts of natural disasters, such as wetlands as a buffer to excess rainwater, sand dune to maintain coastlines, and protecting forests on steep slopes. Such solutions are called Nature-based solutions or NbS. 

Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience online course will help you understand the concept of NbS in greater detail and discuss various NbS to build resilience in reducing the impact of climate risk and disasters. 

The Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience syllabus answers many questions related to the NbS’ relevance and how it can be applied to work and daily life. The SDG Academy has designed the course and will be taught by a panel of experienced faculty. This is an online course of seven weeks. You can complete the course in the stipulated time by spending an average of 3-6 per week. 

Besides, the Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience course also offers certification. It is an introductory course in Environmental studies and provides free enrolment as well. 

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7 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Environmental Science

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Waseda University, Tokyo via Edx
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Tsunamis and Storm Surges: Introduction to Coastal Disasters

After years of close observations and experiences in disaster management, the experts of Waseda University have come up with the Tsunamis and Storm Surges: Introduction to Coastal Disasters online course.  This course is packed with disaster prevention methodology and foundational disaster management tools. As the name suggests, this course introduces the participants to coastal disasters such as tsunamis and Storm Surges. This course mainly deals with disaster management. 

In this course, field surveys will play an important part. Along with the introduction, the participants will also learn the reasons behind such disasters, how they become a major factor in lost human lives, and how institutions and infrastructures collapse. One of the chief tools the course will use is numerical simulations and hydraulic experiments to validate the disaster scenarios. The Tsunamis and Storm Surge: Introduction to Coastal Disasters certification course specifically aims at reducing the negative impacts of the natural disaster. It is practice-based and drawn from real-life studies.

The Certification provided by this course is of great value. The candidates can benefit from the shareable attribute of the certificate if they take the programme in the verified track by paying the fee.  It will be signed by the course instructor and there will be the logo of Waseda University. The students can get limited access to the programme for a limited period. 

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6 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Disaster Management
Certificate

Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster

5 Weeks
Beginner
Free

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