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Disaster Risk Reduction Ambassador Curriculum
AT A GLANCE
I. Disaster Risk Reduction for a Safe and Prosperous Future | |
1 | Introduction to the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association and Disaster Risk Reduction Ambassador Curriculum |
2 | Introduction to Disaster Risk Reduction as a Foundation of Whole Community Resilience |
3 | Leadership for Disaster Risk Reduction |
4 | Whole Community Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation |
5 | Approaching the Challenge of Disaster Risk Reduction |
II. Forming a Community’s Vision for Disaster Risk Reduction | |
6 | Starting with Assets and Community Vision |
7 | Achieving Community Buy-in: Win-Win Approaches |
8 | Leveraging Resources to Improve Disaster Risk Reduction |
III. Realizable, Practical, and Affordable Approaches for Moving from a Vision for Disaster Risk Reduction to a Strategy | |
9 | Best Practices and Options for Disaster Risk Reduction |
10 | Hazard Mitigation Planning Process |
11 | Beyond Codes and Low-Impact Development |
12 | The Floodplain Management Process Model |
IV. Resources and Tools for Implementing a Community’s Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy | |
13 | Climate and Weather Tools and Trends |
14 | Risk Assessment Basics |
15 | Legal and Policy Opportunities |
16 | Linking Catastrophe Insurance to Disaster Risk Reduction |
V. Resources for Hazard-Specific Disaster Risk Reduction | |
17 | Living with Water: Inland and Coastal Flooding |
18 | Design for Flood Resilience: Flood Basics and Floodplain Management |
19 | Design for Flood Resilience: Flood Resistant Design and Case Studies |
20 | Floodplains, Floodways and Wetlands: Understanding the Limitations of FEMA Flood Maps |
21 | Wildfire Mitigation |
22 | The Wildfire-Flood Connection |
23 | Severe Thunderstorm / Tornado Safe Rooms |
24 | From Policy to Engineering: Earthquake Risks |