Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Richard Carter-White
Phoebe Everingham
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Disasters and extreme events, such as storms, floods, disease or bushfires, cause significant social, economic and environmental upheaval that directly affects people and places around the world. Resilience refers to the capacity of communities to anticipate, prepare and adapt to the risk of disaster and respond and recover when events occur. In the context of rapid climate change and ecological degradation, it is becoming increasingly urgent that communities plan for disaster and develop resilience strategies. This unit examines the social and biophysical origins of contemporary disasters, how disasters unfold at a range of sites and scales, how they are shaped by diverse geographies and vulnerabilities, the limits of community resilience, and how resilience can be improved. Contemporary cases from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region will be used to highlight key issues and policy debates. Overall, the unit will provide an understanding in both theory and practice about the ways in which communities respond to disaster and allow students to develop the skills and knowledge needed to pursue more resilient futures. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Late Assessment Submission Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.
This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.
To successfully pass GEOP3020 students must complete all assessment tasks. Failure to complete any single assessment task may result in failure of the unit. The final grade is based on the total mark accumulated from all assessment tasks.
Students must keen a clean electronic copy of all assignments (preferably as a PDF) submitted for assessment.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Logbook | 20% | No | 23:59 21/08/2022; 23:59 16/10/2022 |
Essay | 30% | No | 23:59 09/09/2022 |
Resilience strategy report and presentation | 50% | No | Pres. 18/10/2022 or 25/10/2022 Report: 23:59 28/10/2022 |
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 23:59 21/08/2022; 23:59 16/10/2022
Weighting: 20%
A logbook with written reflections about the connections between disasters and resilience, drawing on media reports of Australian and Asia-Pacific case studies
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: 23:59 09/09/2022
Weighting: 30%
1500 word essay drawing connections between disasters and resilient communities
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 50 hours
Due: Pres. 18/10/2022 or 25/10/2022 Report: 23:59 28/10/2022
Weighting: 50%
2000 word report and short presentation developing a resilience strategy for a case study area
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Lectures
Lectures will take place on Tuesdays 1-3pm each week at 4 Western Road, Room 320. Lectures will also be recorded and accessible via:
https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/tools-and-resources/ilearn/ilearn-quick-guides-for- students/lecture-recordings
Tutorials
GEOP3020 has a full schedule of online and on-campus tutorials that enhance your general and discipline-specific skills and knowledge. It is important that you attend all tutorials for GEOP3020. Please register for your tutorial via eStudent, and attend the same tutorial each week.
Recommended Texts and/or Materials
Weekly readings will be assigned during the session and may be accessed via iLearn.
Additionally, the following texts will be useful throughout the semester:
Bankoff, G., Frerks, F. & Hilhorst, D. (Eds.) (2004) Mapping Vulnerability: Disasters, Development and People. Earthscan: London.
Krüger, F., Bankoff, G., Cannon, T., Orlowski, B. & Schipper, E. L. F. (2015) Cultures and Disasters: Understanding Cultural Framings in Disaster Risk Reduction. Routledge: London and New York.
Lukasiewicz, A. & Baldwin, C. (2020) Natural Hazards and Disaster Justice. Springer Nature Singapore: Singapore.
Wisner, B., Blaikie, P., Cannon, T. & Davis, I. (2004) At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters (2nd Edition). Routledge: London.
Wisner, B., Gaillard, J. C. & Kelman, I. (2012) Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction. Routledge: London.
Unit webpage
The webpage for this unit can be found at iLearn, the Macquarie University online learning system at https://ilearn.mq.edu.au. iLearn has both a discussion board and an internal email system. The webpage will provide you with access to lectures through the University's echo360 lecture recording facility, as well as to follow-up discussion, links, readings and forum discussions. Access to the website is essential to complete GEOP3020.
GEOP3020 consists of the following modules:
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Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook