Natural Disaster Risk in Infrastructure Projects

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Natural Disaster Risk in Infrastructure Projects

This course is part of Natural Disaster and Climate Change Risk Assessment Specialization

Instructors: Claudia Useche

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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2 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

249 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Recognize the importance of integrating disaster risk and climate change analysis into infrastructure projects.
Recognize the components of disaster risk, as well as the differences between different types of risks.
Identify the different perspectives or levels of detail in which risk analysis can be approached.

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Taught in English

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In this course, you will learn about the challenges that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean face in the context of natural disasters and climate change, and their consequent impacts on infrastructure projects and socio-economic development.

In this course, you will learn about the challenges faced by countries in Latin America and the Caribbean regarding the risk of natural disasters and climate change, along with their consequential impacts on infrastructure projects and economic and social development. This course was designed with the aim of strengthening project teams' capacity to proactively manage events that can affect a project, to increase its likelihood of success.

What's included

1 video5 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts1 plugin

1 video Total 6 minutes

1.2.2 Challenges for Disaster Risk Reduction 6 minutes

5 readings Total 90 minutes

1.1.1 Important Course Information 10 minutes
1.1.2 Meet Your Instructors 10 minutes
1.2.1 The Impact of Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean 10 minutes
1.2.3 IDB Actions for the Management of Natural Disasters in LAC 30 minutes
1.2.4 RiskMonitor: Disaster Risk Management Indicators 30 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

1.2.6 Graded Quiz 30 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 45 minutes

1.1.3 Introduce Yourself to Your Classmates 15 minutes
1.2.5 Risks of Natural Disasters in Your Country 30 minutes

1 plugin Total 10 minutes

1.1.4 Tell us About Yourself 10 minutes

What's included

2 videos7 readings2 assignments1 plugin

2 videos Total 9 minutes

2.1.2 Disaster Risk Assessment in Infrastructure Projects 5 minutes
2.1.6 The Methodological Framework of Disaster Risk Assessment 4 minutes

7 readings Total 115 minutes

2.1.1 The Conceptual Framework of Disaster Risk Management 20 minutes
2.1.3 Risk Identification and Analysis Stages 10 minutes
2.1.4 Risk Components 30 minutes
2.1.8 Request Your Digital Badge! 5 minutes
2.2.1 Main Lessons of the Course 15 minutes
2.2.2 Readings and Other Optional Resources 30 minutes
2.2.4 Keep Learning 5 minutes

2 assignments Total 45 minutes

2.1.5 Knowledge Check 15 minutes
2.1.7 Graded Quiz 30 minutes

1 plugin Total 10 minutes

2.2.3 What Did You Think of the Course? 10 minutes

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Claudia Useche

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

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Reviewed on Nov 24, 2024

good course. I gained good knowledge through this course.

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This course gave me a fundamental understanding of risk assessment

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