Assessing the integration between disaster risk reduction and urban and regional planning curricula at tertiary institutions in South Africa
Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Assessing the integration between disaster risk reduction and urban and regional planning curricula at tertiary institutions in South Africa | |
| Creator | Koen, Tiana Coetzee, Christo Kruger, Leandri Puren, Karen | |
| Description | Urban areas are increasingly being affected by more frequent and severe disasters. It has been argued in theory and international development policy that the integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) within existing urban planning (UP) curricula would greatly benefit efforts to build resilient urban environments. However, the current status quo and progress of this crucial transdisciplinary integration in the South African University context remain unclear. Through the application of an exploratory mixed method research design, this article established that UP lecturers at South African universities have a good grasp of the theoretical need for the integration of DRR into existing curriculums and have also tentatively started to integrate DRR into some of their modules. However, because of challenges such as full curricula, financial and human resources constraints and integration predominantly happening on postgraduate level, integration has not occurred in sufficient depth while also missing the opportunity to expose the majority of the student cohort and future urban planners to much-needed DRR knowledge.Transdisciplinary contribution: This article illuminates the current status of integration across and collaboration between DRR and UP at selected South African Universities. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2024-04-24 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/td.v20i1.1451 | |
| Source | The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa; Vol 20, No 1 (2024); 10 pages 2415-2005 1817-4434 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/1451/2455
https://td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/1451/2456
https://td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/1451/2457
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