URBAN PLANNING 598X  -- TOWARD INCREASED  THROUGH HAZARD MITIGATION  
  SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH HAZARDS MITIGATION  
DATE   TOPICS       INST.   READINGS
March 31 OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION WESTERLUND/FREITAG APA - CH 1, 2
      TEST & WEB SURFING   MILETI - CH 1, 2
          CONCEPTS    
April 2 TERMS AND CONCEPTS   WESTERLUND/FREITAG APA - CH 3 and 4
            Web Readings
  7 RISK REDUCTION CONCEPTS   WESTERLUND/FREITAG Understanding…(Step 1and 2)
      Student Projects discussed   VIDEO- Presentation
      RISKS f (HAZARDS, EXPOSURES, VULNERABILITIES AND CAPABILITIES)  
  9 INTRO. TO RISKS AND HAZARDS ASSESSMENT WESTERLUND/FREITAG Understanding...(Step 2 and 3)
       
  14 HAZARDS ASSESSMENTS --  CONTINUED Guest Speaker -  Earthquakes APA Chapter 7
    Visit to Geo-physics lab  
  16 HAZARDS ASSESSMENTS --  CONTINUED Floods (Visit to FEMA)  
      Web Readings
  21 HAZARDS ASSESSMENTS  -- CONTINUED Guest Speaker - Other Hazards APA Chapters 8 -10
    Guest Speaker - Terrorism How to guide…Terrorism
  23 HAZARDS ASSESSMENTS  -- CONTINUED Doug Smith-Lee Clark County Clark County HIVA
       
  28 INTRODUCTION TO VULNERABILITY Freitag/ Lorelei Juntune  
       
  30 INTRODUCTION TO CAPABILITIES FREITAG/WESTERLUND APA - Chapters 1 - 2
    Four Phases of Emergency Management    
May 5 RISK Opportunity to work on Projects Understanding(step 4)
    Into into HAZUS    
      GOALS, MITIGATION AND OTHER RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES    
  7 INTRODUCTION TO PLAN MAKING FREITAG/WESTERLUND Web Readings
    Scenario building/visioning/scoping project   APA - Chapters 3 - 5
  12 MIDTERM EXAM/CLASS PROJECTS PRESENTATIONS    
       
  14 ISSUE IDENTIFICATION, GOALS PROPOSED WESTERLUND/FREITAG Web Readings
         
  19 MITIGATION STRATEGIES OFFERED FREITAG Web Readings
         
  21 MITIGATION CONTINUED      
    Contingency Planning and Business Resumption    
  26 OPEN (Work on Class Projects)      
    Project Development and Discussion    
  28 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION    
         
June 2 CLASS PRESENTATIONS      
         
  4 FINAL EXAMINATION      
               
Team Projects: Student Teams will develop Hazards Mitigation Plans for Clark County Communities.
Required Texts provided: 1  "Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction (APA)" (provided)
2 Recommended Text -- "Disasters by Design"  Dennis Mileti
3 Numerous Web readings
4 Understanding Your Risks-FEMA Publication (provided)
5 How to Guides (FEMA)