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Jul 03, 2024
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ES 4640 - Risk, Climate Security, and Community Engagement
Climate change and other rapid environmental changes create risk to communities, infrastructure, and human security; managing these climate-related risks requires understanding of the community, its risk perception, and collaborative communication and management planning. Students characterize risk to communities from climate change and explore risk perception theory and methods to manage threats to human security. Students discuss concepts of justice and equity in risks to human security, risk management, and communication. Students explore these particular climate change and environmental challenges through the multidimensional and interdisciplinary lens of human security.
Requisites: ES 3620 or GEOG 3580 or GEOG 4520
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to characterize hazards to infrastructure, human security, and the environment.
- Students will be able to identify community vulnerabilities and strengths.
- Students will be able to identify and prioritize community actions.
- Students will be able to evaluate measures of equity within interdependent social environmental and economic systems.
- Students will be able to prioritize actions based on community values and perceptions.
- Students will be able to develop risk management and communication action plans.
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