Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Natural Disaster Risk in Infrastructure Projects
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Natural Disaster Risk in Infrastructure Projects

Claudia Useche
Hori Tsuneki

Instructors: Claudia Useche

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4.6

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Beginner level

Recommended experience

5 hours to complete
3 weeks at 1 hour a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Recognize the importance of integrating disaster risk and climate change analysis into infrastructure projects.

  • Recognize the components of disaster risk, as well as the differences between different types of risks.

  • Identify the different perspectives or levels of detail in which risk analysis can be approached.

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There are 2 modules in this course

In this course, you will learn about the challenges faced by countries in Latin America and the Caribbean regarding the risk of natural disasters and climate change, along with their consequential impacts on infrastructure projects and economic and social development. This course was designed with the aim of strengthening project teams' capacity to proactively manage events that can affect a project, to increase its likelihood of success.

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1 video5 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts1 plugin

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Claudia Useche
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
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