Presentation minor Disruptive Events, (Inter)national Disaster, resilience and Climate change

Start: August 2021 │Den Bosch Tilburg Breda Disruptive Events: Crisis or Challenge?

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COLLABORATION This minor program is a collaboration between 3 academies of Avans University of Applied Sciences; Built Environment and Infrastructure, Governance and Security, and Technology of Health and Environment. The program is hosted by the Academy for Built Environment and Infrastructure.

Many partners from the field contribute to our program with workshops, excursions, lectures. This will allow you to understand the profound complexity of disruptive events and you will be able to understand what it means for you in the future. Some of the partners are; Firefighters, Dutch army, Red Cross, Migrant reception centres, Cordaid, Province Noord-Brabant, Municipality Breda, NatuurMonumenten, TU Eindhoven and TU Delft.

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STUDY BACKGROUND Students from any bachelor background can apply. To ensure the multidisciplinarity of the program tutors also have different backgrounds. This enables you to understand disruptive events from different perspectives

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How would you respond?

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PROGRAM STRUCTURE

Aug Period 1

Disaster risk reduction Groupwork, assignments, courses, guest lectures, workshops, electives

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Jan

Period 2

Environmental disasters Track-specific courses, research project, research workshops

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(Inter)national Disaster, Resilience and Climate Change

This minor programme is framed around 2 modules, with courses, workshops, excursion, field trips and a project, of in total 30 ECTS. During the 2 modules you will learn to understand different types of events with a disruptive impact on society.

CURRICULUM Module 1: Disaster Risk Reduction 15 ECTS • Crisis response coordination • System thinking in disaster resilience • Climate change impacts • Epidemic response and prevention (fieldwork in the Netherlands and Finland)

Module 2: Environmental disaster 15 ECTS • Forecasting global flood and drought risk using GIS • Analyzing environmental hazards and recovery • Professional in a disruptive event

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(Inter)national Disaster, Resilience and Climate Change

Pascal Bekkers Resilience and security

Anco Scheepers Flood engineering

Kenny Meesters Emergency Response

Maurits Dorlandt Climate Change impact

Sandra Snel Environmental science

Mart Verwijmeren Geography

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Eefje Hendriks Disaster resilience

Pe Lamerigts Security studies

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MODULE 1

Disaster Risk Reduction

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CRISIS RESPONSE COORDINATION

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FORECASTING GLOBAL FLOOD AND DROUGHT RISK USING GIS

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SYSTEM THINKING IN DISASTER RESILIENCE

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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

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EPIDEMIC RESPONSE AND PREVENTION

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MODULE 2

Environmental disasters

ANALYZING ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND RECOVERY • •

In close cooperation with your client and stakeholder you will work on one of the projects introduced at the start of the minor.

Workshops will support you through in project

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FORECASTING GLOBAL FLOOD AND AND DROUGHT USING GIS

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PROFESSIONAL IN A DISRUPTIVE EVENT

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WHY STUDY DISRUPTIVE EVENTS? • • • • • • •

Prepare and respond to urgent global issues Professional preparation for changes in society Develop critical content and methodological skills Translate theoretical ideas into practice Solution oriented through practical skills Possible internships or thesis projects in collaboration with our partners Excellent study facilities and expert lecturers of Avans University of Applied Sciences.

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MORE INFORMATION? • • • •

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Visit us at the Avans Minor market Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn Look at the magazine of the last edition of the minor program.

Read the information about track 1: https://www.kiesopmaat.nl/modules/avans/AB_I/13 9757/ Read the information about track 2: https://www.kiesopmaat.nl/modules/avans/AB_I/14 1470/ Mail us with your general questions: minoren.abi@avans.nl

For content related questions: e.hendriks3@avans.nl (disaster risk reduction) sc.snel@avans.nl (climate change) jg.dezwart@avans.nl (migration) DisruptiveEvents@avans.nl (general)

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