Teaching emergency and disaster management in Australia: standards for higher education providers

The need for emergency and disaster professionals with multidisciplinary knowledge and holistic understanding is widely recognised. Despite this, there is currently no international nor an Australian consensus on a set of common standards for higher education that could ensure graduates possess knowledge and skills with sufficient commonality to facilitate interoperability in all facets of disaster management cycle. Thus, this research project aimed to develop a standards and an associated conceptual framework for higher education programs in emergency and disaster management. The Generic Emergency and Disaster Management Standards (GEDMS) were developed through a mixed qualitative research approach involving a systematic literature review, mapping of current course content offered in Australia and New Zealand, focus groups of experts and consultation with policy makers, industry representatives and other relevant stakeholders. The Standards consist of three main domains: knowledge, skills and application. Governance and policy frameworks, theoretical and conceptual basis for practice, and contemporary disaster management were identified as underlying themes for the knowledge domain. Leadership, communication, and collaboration were fitted under the skills domain. The professional practice, together with critical thinking, were considered the means by which knowledge and skills are applied

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京都大学0048新制・課程博士博士(地球環境学)甲第14199号地環博第45号新制||地環||9(附属図書館)UT51-2008-N516京都大学大学院地球環境学舎環境マネジメント専攻(主査)准教授 ラジブ ショウ, 教授 嘉門 雅史, 教授 小林 正美学位規則第4条第1項該当Doctor of Global Environmental StudiesKyoto UniversityDA

Barriers Preventing Access by Men who have Sex with Men to HIV-related health services in Southeast Asia: A Scoping Review

The objective of this scoping review was to identify and describe barriers experienced by men who have sex with men (MSM) when accessing HIV-related health care in Southeast Asia. A systematic search identified thirteen papers, which were full text reviewed and data extracted. An intersection of stigma and discrimination, fear and shame, cultural norms and societal expectations coalesce to influence the ability, either physically through lack of service provision or emotionally through personal restraint, of MSM to access HIV-related health services. Many of the factors continuing to drive the ongoing HIV epidemic across the Southeast Asia region have humanitarian origin – access to safe and non-discriminatory healthcare, education on sexual health, and not being persecuted for having a health condition. These must be addressed with an interdisciplinary response at local, government and regional level

Delhi's land cover change in post transit era

Growing urbanization and recent Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) play an important role in land cover change in Indian cities. However, understanding about direction and magnitude of this change is limited, especially in reference to MRTS introduction, which is required to assess sustainable urban futures. Thus, this study attempts to assess pattern of land cover change, paying special attention to the development of MRTS (both metro lines and stations) in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Land covers are classified using Landsat images from year 2001 and 2011. In order to measure transformations in developed areas, this study employs maximum likelihood supervised classification and performs buffer analyses along the metro lines and stations. The results reveal that growth of built-up area is higher in peripheral districts, whereas relatively low along the MRTS. This study indicates that ongoing development process needs corrective measures, such as increasing built-up areas across the metro stations and lines, and planned provisioning of physical and social infrastructure in peripheral areas to induce sustainable urban development. To implement these spatial interventions, robust implementation strategies are needed

Measuring political will : an index of commitment to disaster risk reduction

The future of societal resilience depends largely on political commitment to allocate resources to manage and reduce disaster risks and vulnerabilities and build resilience. Lack of political commitment has often been cited as one of the culprits inhibiting countries to prioritise actions towards mitigating hazards and reducing risks in short and long term. While acknowledging existing global disaster risk assessments such as World Risk Report, Climate Risk Index, and Global Assessment Report on DRR, etc., we advocate for a new index with the intention to trigger critical discussion that drive political commitment for disaster risk reduction worldwide. Under the aegis of 2030 global targets of meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, governments should work collaboratively to substantially reduce global disaster mortality and mitigate loss and damage of economic assets and infrastructures. With this in mind, this paper proposes an index aimed at measuring countries’ commitment to reduce risks from disasters and changing climate. Commitments from nations can vary and may include: investment in early warning systems; disaster vulnerability reduction activities such as fiscal allocation for mitigation, raising awareness, promotion and incentives for stakeholders to participate in managing risks. This paper contributes to new knowledge and understanding on how political will can be assessed and monitored. It contributes to both local and global debates to strengthen institutional mechanism by way of fostering political will for building resilience and reducing vulnerabilities.Accepted versio

Integrated Climate Action Planning (ICLAP) in Asia-Pacific Cities: Analytical Modelling for Collaborative Decision Making

While climate change has global causations and impacts, there is growing consensus on addressing the 2 °C challenge through local actions. However, at the local level, there is disintegrated knowledge on the following: (a) short-, mid- and long-term climate vulnerability, (b) economy and GHG structures and their future pathways, and (c) useful mitigation and adaptation undertaken elsewhere. We evaluate these gaps through a comprehensive review of scientific literature and policy approaches of urban-climate studies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Based on the research findings, we develop a collaborative research framework of an integrated climate action planning (ICLAP) model for evidence-based decision-making tool. It adopts an innovative methodology integrating knowledge and data from diverse analytics, as follows: (a) spatial: downscaling global/regional climate scenarios to forecast local climate variability (50 km × 50 km) for 2030 (SDG target) and 2050; (b) statistical: a meta-analysis of 49 five-million-plus cities to forecast economic, energy and GHG scenarios; (c) bibliometric: a systematic review of global urban climate interventions from Google Scholar that collectively aid cities on policy inputs for mid-term climate variability, GHG profiles and available solutions at their disposal. We conclude with a discussion on scientific and policy relevance of such a tool in fostering overall urban, regional and global sustainability