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

Tiana Koen, C. Coetzee, L. Kruger, K. Puren
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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.
评估南非高等院校减少灾害风险与城市和区域规划课程之间的整合情况
城市地区越来越频繁地受到严重灾害的影响。理论界和国际发展政策都认为,将减少灾害风险(DRR)纳入现有的城市规划(UP)课程将大大有利于建设具有抗灾能力的城市环境。然而,南非大学在这一重要的跨学科整合方面的现状和进展仍不清楚。通过采用探索性混合方法研究设计,本文确定南非大学的城市规划讲师对将减少灾害风险纳入现有课程的理论需求有很好的把握,并已初步开始将减少灾害风险纳入部分课程模块。然而,由于课程设置过满、财力和人力资源限制以及整合主要发生在研究生阶段等挑战,整合的深度不够,同时也错失了让大多数学生和未来的城市规划者接触到急需的减少灾害风险知识的机会:本文阐明了南非部分大学在减灾与城市规划之间进行整合与合作的现状。
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