Residents begin to assess the damage after Hurricane Maria hit the island of Dominica in September 2017. (Photo courtesy of Roosevelt Skerrit on Flickr and is in the public domain.)
Instructor(s)
Cherie Miot Abbanat
MIT Course Number
11.027
As Taught In
Spring 2017
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This class is designed to expose you to the cycles of disasters, the roots of emergency planning in the U.S., how to understand and map vulnerabilities, and expose you to the disaster planning in different contexts, including in developing countries.
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