Mainstreaming disaster risk management in higher education/Incorporacion de la gestion del riesgo de desastres a la educacion superior

Universities should actively participate in disseminating and fostering a culture for disaster risk management (DRM) among students and the community. Particularly in countries with high levels of risk, education plays a key role in raising awareness on the importance of preventing and implementing...

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Published in:Ad-minister : revista de la Escuela de Administración, Universidad EAFIT Universidad EAFIT, 2016-01 (28), p.243
Main Authors: Villasana, Marcia, Cardenas, Bertha E, Adriaensens, Marianela, Trevino, Ana Catalina, Lozano, Jorge
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colleges & universities
Community
Curricula
Disasters
Emergency communications systems
Emergency preparedness
Higher education
Private schools
Risk management
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
Social responsibility
Society
Studies
Sustainable development
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Summary:Universities should actively participate in disseminating and fostering a culture for disaster risk management (DRM) among students and the community. Particularly in countries with high levels of risk, education plays a key role in raising awareness on the importance of preventing and implementing conscious risk management. Though the incorporation of DRM into the curricula, education programs become a mechanism to prepare students from a perspective of strengthening of values, citizenship, and social sensibility towards how disaster represents a disruption of the functioning of a community and impairs business activity. This paper presents the proposal for the integration of DRM of a private university in Mexico, one of the countries particularly susceptible to extreme hydrometereological and geological events. The proposal includes a concentration area for undergraduate business students, a mandatory introductory course for all business majors, and for the business community an executive education program for SMEs.
ISSN:1692-0279
2256-4322
DOI:10.17230/ad-minister.28.12