Specialization in Natural Disaster Risk Assessment

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Learning goals

1. Identify the main elements of natural disaster risk
2. Recognize the importance of incorporating natural disaster risk assessment (including climate change effects) into the infrastructure project cycle
3. Carry out qualitative disaster-risk assessments to guide decision making in infrastructure projects
4. Interpret quantitative disaster-risk assessments to guide decision making in infrastructure projects
5. Identify when applying qualitative assessments is enough and when quantitative assessments should also be carried out to perform risk assessment in infrastructure projects
6. Identify technical and economic feasibility of infrastructure projects through a qualitative or quantitative analysis
7. Make risk-informed recommendations for the design, construction, and operation of infrastructures and develop disaster-risk-governance strategies

Sectors (BIDAcademy)

Urban Development and Housing | Environment and Natural Disasters

Learning experience and activities 

Self-paced e-learning featuring:

• Multimedia elements and readings that introduce key concepts to facilitate learning
• Formative and summative assessments that allow for interpreting, sharing, and practicing theoretical knowledge
• Participants can engage in optional hands-on activities that involve solving exercises based on real-life cases using specialized software, providing them with a practical and applied approach to reinforce their acquired knowledge

Content/Topics

• Challenges for disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Conceptual framework of disaster risk management
• Natural risks assessment in infrastructure projects
• Qualitative risk analysis tools and methodologies
• Quantitative risk analysis methodologies
• Risk representation and assessment in infrastructure projects
• Investments: analysis, prioritization, and decision-making based on risk
• Risk governance in infrastructure projects

Assessment

To obtain this digital badge, the recipient must satisfactorily pass the courses that make up the specialization, satisfactorily completing the corresponding learning activities and summative evaluations to reach or exceed the minimum passing score for each course.

Estimated effort

The participant is expected to dedicate approximately 30 (thirty) hours to complete this specialization.

Badge type

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