Module 2 - Impact (12 ECTS Credits)

Module outcomes:

• Presentation of the impacts of natural and technological hazards.

• Portrayal of the following processes:
  • Natural Disasters
  • Technical Disasters
  • Social Processes
  • Other Processes.

• Identification and description of these processes, including differences and similarities in the context of the origin and evolution of such disasters.

• Illustration of socio economic components, and critical reflection on their possible consequences on the impact of natural and technological hazards.

Key competences:

On completion of the module students will have obtained knowledge on ...

• Various natural processes which can lead to disasters (e.g. floods, mass movements, earthquakes).

• Various technological and man-made processes which can lead to disasters (e.g.: nuclear accidents, dam breaks, transport accidents, explosions, etc.)

• The fundamentals of socioeconomic structure of societies and their implication in vulnerability.

• Prerequisites and effects of various processes and their relations.

• (The significance of) historical information/documentation on the occurrence of such events and their social consequences.