ES/ENVS 4315 3.00 Humanitarian Crises and Action

ES/ENVS 4315 3.00

Humanitarian Crises and Action

Humanitarian crises, causing or threatening mass deaths, include environmental disasters, famines, epidemics, mass persecution and displacement, genocide and war. Reactive, reconstructive and preventive humanitarian action and its organizational forms and context are examined in relation to the descriptive and causal analysis of crises. Complex emergencies are emphasized. Cases, recurrent patterns and relevant theories are covered.