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Preparedness

The goal of the preparedness stage of the disaster management cycle is to enhance peoples' capacity to respond to natural hazards and recover from disaster. The basis of preparedness is planning, whether that planning takes place at the household, local, state, national, or international level. Thus, policies from local to international scales that guide sound hazard and disaster planning are essential.

Activate Your Learning

This activity will not be graded, but the Module Summative Assessment requires you to have the skills and knowledge it applies.

Think of at least one emergency plan responsibility you would assign at the individual/household level, the local level, the national level, and the international level for a major coastal disaster, and to what person or party you would assign it.

Question 1 - Essay

What responsibility would you assign at the individual/household level and who would you assign it to?

Question 2 - Essay

What responsibility would you assign at the local level and who would you assign it to?

Question 3 - Essay

What responsibility would you assign at the national level and who would you assign it to?

Question 4 - Essay

What responsibility would you assign at the international level and who would you assign it to?

These materials are part of a collection of classroom-tested modules and courses developed by InTeGrate. The materials engage students in understanding the earth system as it intertwines with key societal issues. The collection is freely available and ready to be adapted by undergraduate educators across a range of courses including: general education or majors courses in Earth-focused disciplines such as geoscience or environmental science, social science, engineering, and other sciences, as well as courses for interdisciplinary programs.
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