Master in Planning and Management of Natural Risks
Alicante, Spain
DURATION
2 Semesters
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 39 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 39,27€ per credit
Introduction
- Total credits: 60
- Places offered: 20 places
- Credit fee: €39,27 (1st registration); €62,79 (2nd registration and successive).
- Teaching modality: Face-to-face
- Language of instruction: Spanish
- Field of study: Arts and Humanities
- Faculty involved: Faculty of Arts
- Program jointly shared with: Only taught at this university.
Natural hazards include a wide range of risks, affecting different geographical areas in a different way, but in all cases with a clear increased threat to the population, infrastructure, and economic activity. The master aims to introduce students to research into natural hazards from an integrative and comprehensive perspective.
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Curriculum
| Type of subject | Credits |
| Compulsory | 57 |
| Optional | 3 |
| Total credits | 60 |
After successful completion of this training module, students are awarded a Master's Degree In Natural Hazards: Planning And Management.
Program Outcome
- To train researchers to analyze and diagnose regional processes and problems with special reference to natural hazards.
- To train researchers to carry out fundamental or applied research in areas related to natural hazard planning and management.
- To train researchers to conduct research and planning actions in relation to emergency management.
- To ensure that students acquire the knowledge necessary to equip them for critical analysis of natural hazards.
- To interpret the diverse and complex nature of regions and the inter-relationships between extreme natural phenomena and economic, social, and cultural phenomena.
- To develop specific skills related to the collection, analysis, management, and mapping of extreme natural phenomena risk, vulnerability and exposure data.
- To provide students with the resources that will enable them to communicate the results of their research in natural hazards to the academic community.
Career Opportunities
Focus
Research.
Master’s degree specialization profile
Natural hazards occur in many different forms and their effects on diverse geographical areas are varied. However, in general, natural hazards clearly display a growing threat to the population, infrastructure, and economic activity. Population growth and increasing population concentration in areas at greatest risk have resulted in increased exposure to risk and a greater magnitude of damage caused by catastrophic events. Accordingly, there exists an increasing demand for knowledge of the subjects covered in this Master’s Degree.
Specifically, the aim of this Master’s Degree is to take an integrated approach to introduce students to natural hazard research in all its varied aspects. Conceptual and methodological modules are offered, together with natural hazard analysis techniques, for a wide range of existing natural hazards. Similarly, students are given a deeper understanding of the basics of hazard mapping, planning, and management within the context of global climate change, and particularly, of present-day global warming and its possible implications for the incidence of extreme natural events.
This learning is consolidated through the work experience and final project modules.