PPUA 6532 — Building Resilience into Local Government
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: TBostonTraditional
Focuses on often-overlooked management challenges facing local governments: preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters, whether natural or human-caused. While disaster planning typically focuses on first responders in fire and police departments, or on federal government agencies like FEMA, much less attention is paid to those local government leaders, from town managers to elected mayors and councilors, who are responsible for how their municipalities handle disaster. Considers what public leaders need to know about building their own capabilities and draws on cases and lessons from local government to build resilience into local communities.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 40% | 15.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 40% | 15.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 44% | 14.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: T (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Serena Alexander (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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