EST 559 - Mobile Revolution in Disaster Risk Reduction

This course explore three themes: [1] current and future trends of three major mobile technologies applied to disaster risk reduction (ICT, [mobile phones, service apps, Remote GIS, GPS], energy [batteries, microgrids], and other technologies increasingly repurposed and adapted toward mobility (drones, ad hoc networks, base stations, wearables, loT, smart grids), [2] combined with proven tactics to achieve successful collaborative disaster management and trust relationships between three groups (government/corporate ‘big data’ aggregation and sharing, emergency response personnel, and local knowledge of citizens, NGOs, businesses, and volunteers), [3] in order to effectively reduce vulnerability and inequality before, during, or after natural hazards and/or human disasters toward a goal of more resilient, equitable, sustainable development.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)