Assessing the integration between disaster risk reduction and urban and regional planning curricula at tertiary institutions in South Africa

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ID2640116
AutoresTiana Koen (North-West University, autor de correspondencia), Christo Coetzee (0000-0002-6460-1126, North-West University), Leandri Kruger, L E Kruger (0000-0003-4369-4076, North-West University), Karen Puren (0000-0003-3163-0024, North-West University)
Año2024
Volumen20
Número1
Fecha de publicación2024-04-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1817-4434 • E-ISSN: 2415-2005
EditorialAOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.4102/td.v20i1.1451
OpenAlexW4395455590
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas39

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

Curriculum · Disaster risk reduction · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Political science · Regional science · Tertiary care · Disaster Management and Resilience · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Medicine