Note: This is an individual assessment.

Early in the term, you will select a topic from the list of historical emergency management events which is available on the Moodle site (under the Poster Presentation section in the Assessments menu, available from week 1). You will produce a one-slide poster presentation with an easily-digestible summary of your findings. You may use PowerPoint's in-app notes function (which usually appears in the form of a text box at the bottom of the page) to add a small amount of additional content, eg. if there was anything that needed to be presented in shorter form on the poster but that would benefit from slightly more explanation. The main part of your submission must be the poster, and the poster should be able to stand on its own.

Examples of poster presentation layouts and templates are available on Moodle.

Your presentation and notes should cover:

- A description of the events that occurred and what impact they had on people living nearby (or farther away, if applicable);

- An identification of the characteristics of the incident which posed danger (the hazards), and the ways in which they threatened people living nearby or farther away (the risks);

- An identification of specific factors in nearby or farther-away communities which made them vulnerable to risks related to the event;

- A brief explanation relating some of the points you have identified to the prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery framework (PPRR) and your opinion on an action that could have been taken to enhance one or more parts of this framework.

Upload your poster presentation to the relevant section of the Moodle site by the end of Week 5.

This assessment is worth 40% of the overall grade for this unit.

Description of events and their direct impact 10%

Characterisation of hazards and risks arising from the event 30%

Identification of factors impacting on vulnerability 30%

Discussion of PPRR applicability to the event 20%

Appropriate academic writing style and referencing 10%

Note: the complete marking rubric will be available on the unit's Moodle site, from week 1 of the term.

Note: This is an individual assessment.

Assessment 2 concerns the same topic that you considered in the poster presentation. It builds on your past work, and should incorporate any new knowledge and ideas you gained during the course of the term.

For this assessment, you will be considering the potential impact that a similar event to your presentation topic would have on the state of Queensland. Note that while none of the historical events in Assessment 1 took place in Queensland, there are parts of the state that are vulnerable to a similar event.

You will prepare a short report (maximum 1,500 words) describing the relevance of the event to Queensland, the risks it would pose to the state, and how the perspective of the Sendai Framework could assist the state government in reducing the risks. Your report should discuss:

- The characteristics of a similar event which would pose a risk to the state’s population

- Which parts of the state or sub-populations would be most at risk from a similar event (eg. urban vs rural populations; specific demographics; geographical regions, etc)

- Social factors and characteristics which put either the state as a whole or specific sub-populations at particular risk from a similar event

- Suggested strategies for the government and other stakeholders to reduce risk and vulnerability to a similar event, with attention to the perspective of the Sendai Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals and the factors they identify as relevant to social vulnerability

You may draw on your previous research on the event, such as you did for the first assessment, for the purposes of this report. Many of the issues and topics relevant to this report will be covered in the second half of the unit, and your study of those weeks' content may be a good place to start. To support your arguments and suggestions, you should also search for additional literature and sources. For example, there is extensive information available about Queensland's demographics, population distribution, and economic activity, which may be relevant to certain kinds of impacts.

You must use the CQU 7-step search strategy to carry out your search for additional sources, and you should  also briefly describe the process you used as part of your report. This description should be provided as an appendix to your report (and does not count towards the main word count). The 7-step strategy is detailed in full on the unit's Moodle site, as well as the CQ University Library website.

This assessment is worth 60% of the overall grade. You must achieve a minimum score of 50% on this assessment to pass the unit (ie. 30 out of 60).

Identification and discussion of risks that a similar event would pose to Queensland 15%

Identification of vulnerable populations or sub-groups 20%

Identification of characteristics causing increased vulnerability 20%

Discussion of risk reduction and mitigation strategies 35%

Appropriate academic writing style and referencing 10%