ENHANCING THE QUALITY & THE RELEVANCE OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT CURRICULAR WITHIN THE SRI LANKAN HIGHER EDUCATION

Authors

  • K.P. Keraminiyage The Research Institute of Built and Human Environment The School of Built Environment, United Kingdom
  • D. Amaratunga School of the Built Environment Maxwell Building - 4th Floor The University of Salford, United Kingdom
  • R.P. Haigh
  • I. Seneviratne
  • G. Karunasena The Department of Building Economics The University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Abstract

Sri Lanka is yet to recover from the effect of the December 2004 tsunami. Among many other reasons it has been identified that none of the Sri Lankan higher education institutions possess a curricular with the ability to produce disaster management expertise within the country. Addressing this issue, the European and Asian Infrastructure Advantage (EURASIA) research project is initiated which aims at developing a mechanism to develop a joint curriculum for Built Environment education through an international collaboration between five European and Asian Built Environment educational institutions. In this context, the primary objective of this paper is to discuss an academically sound methodology for building a joint curricular by comparing and assessing the needs and barriers of both the continents.

 

Keywords: Curriculum Development, Capacity Enhancement, Disaster Management

For full paper: fmscresearch@sjp.ac.lk

Author Biographies

K.P. Keraminiyage, The Research Institute of Built and Human Environment The School of Built Environment, United Kingdom

The Research Institute of Built and Human Environment

The School of Built Environment, United Kingdom

D. Amaratunga, School of the Built Environment Maxwell Building - 4th Floor The University of Salford, United Kingdom

School of the Built Environment

Maxwell Building - 4th Floor

The University of Salford, United Kingdom

Published

2012-12-21

Issue

Vol. 4 (2007): Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Business Management

Section

Articles