This innovative master's degree addresses this topic and identifies how to build the qualities of resilience and preparedness in citizens and leaders.

At the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction was adopted and consequently, disaster reduction protocols are developing around the world. This is an interdisciplinary field, which requires an understanding of natural science, social science, political science, and economics in disaster reduction professionals.

• Christchurch is one of the Rockefeller Foundation?s 100 Resilient Cities and the Canterbury region remains a focus of urban renewal. Canterbury-based students are in a unique position to understand how people and places can become more disaster-resilient in the future by learning from regional experiences.
• This master's is collaboratively taught by members of Lincoln University?s Department of Environmental Management and University of Canterbury?s Department of Geological Sciences. Both universities have expertise and knowledge from the recent Canterbury earthquake sequence, and have been involved in national-level design of research programmes on Resilience to Nature?s Challenges. This partnership increases the scope of teaching expertise and student research projects.