Reference no: EM133530074

Foundations of Emergency and Disaster Management

Presentation

Early in the term, you will select a topic from the list of historical emergency management events which is available on the Moodle site (under the Poster Presentation section in the Assessments menu, available from week 1). You will produce a one-slide poster presentation with an easily-digestible summary of your findings. You may use PowerPoint's in-app notes function (which usually appears in the form of a text box at the bottom of the page) to add a small amount of additional content, eg. if there was anything that needed to be presented in shorter form on the poster but that would benefit from slightly more explanation. The main part of your submission must be the poster, and the poster should be able to stand mostly on its own.

Examples of poster presentation layouts and templates are available on Moodle.

Your presentation and notes should cover:
- A description of the events that occurred and what impact they had on people living nearby (or farther away, if applicable)
- An identification of the characteristics of the incident which posed danger (the hazards), and the ways in which they threatened people living nearby or farther away (the risks)
- An identification of specific factors in nearby or farther-away communities which made them vulnerable to risks related to the event
- A brief explanation relating some of the points you have identified to the prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery framework (PPRR) and your opinion on an action that could have been taken to enhance one or more parts of this framework

The topic list for this term is:
- Hazelwood Coal Mine fire, Victoria, Australia, February 2014
- Hildale and Zion flood, Utah, USA, September 2015
- New York City blackout, July 1977
- Cyclone Gabrielle, New Zealand, February 2023
- Siberia wildfires, Russia, July 2019

Criterion 1: Description of events and their direct impact

Description of criterion:
Providing a concise and accessible summary of the historical emergency management incident and its impacts.

Criterion 2: Characterisation of hazards and risks arising from the event

Description of criterion:
Providing an overview of the hazards the event posed to populations, and displaying an understanding of how these hazards lead to risks.

Criterion 3: Identification of factors impacting on vulnerability

Description of criterion:
Discussion of characteristics of the communities affected which made them more or less vulnerable to the risks arising from the event.

Criterion 4: Discussion of PPRR applicability to the event

Description of criterion:
Discussion of the relevance of at least one of the prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery concepts to the event.

Criterion 5: Appropriate academic writing style and referencing.

Description of criterion:
The assessment is presented in accordance with academic writing conventions and cites its sources appropriately.