Gestión integral del riesgo de desastres (Coursera)

Gestión integral del riesgo de desastres (Coursera)

El curso está orientado a las personas que ya cuentan con nociones de planificación y que tienen conocimientos generales sobre las principales amenazas en un contexto particular desde una disciplina específica. Presenta los conceptos más importantes, así como ejemplos y problemas para el análisis de temas de gestión integral del riesgo de desastres que, regularmente, deben abordarse desde ámbitos nacionales o federales, municipales o locales.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see Coursera's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

Cada persona podrá profundizar en temas de su interés con base en la bibliografía que se ofrece como recurso adicional.*
Éste no es un curso que enseñe la manera de responder a una emergencia. Otros ya abordan esa tarea importante. Nuestro objetivo es que cada participante se aproxime a las nociones más generales de la gestión integral de riesgos, mismas que pueden ser de utilidad en instituciones públicas tanto cuanto en organizaciones privadas.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Construcción del riesgo
En este módulo abordaremos conceptos fundamentales de la gestión de riesgos moderna. Haremos énfasis en el riesgo con base en conocimientos básicos sobre las amenazas más importantes.
Recuerda que los conceptos son importantes porque intervienen en nuestra manera de entender la realidad. Por ello, deberás ejercer el pensamiento crítico en cada módulo del curso.

WEEK 2
Relación de la gestión y el desarrollo de riesgo
En este módulo abordaremos la relación de la gestión y el desarrollo del riesgo de desastres. Comienza por un análisis sobre los conceptos utilizados en el pasado reciente y su transición hacia un marco de interpretación de aceptación internacional. Haremos énfasis en áreas que se integran gráficamente y que permiten explicar la relación entre la evaluación del riesgo, la reducción del riesgo y la gestión reactiva, junto con otros conceptos.

WEEK 3
Evaluación y construcción de escenarios de riesgos
En este módulo abordaremos la evaluación y construcción de escenarios de riesgos como herramientas para la gestión del riesgo.

WEEK 4
Estrategias de intervención para la gestión del riesgo
El siguiente módulo integra elementos que se requieren para implementar diversas estrategias de intervención tales como los ámbitos espaciales, el sistema político, el marco normativo, la gobernanza, la gobernabilidad y la planificación para la gestión del riesgo.

Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

Compliance and Risk Management (Coursera) Coursera
HRCI

Compliance and Risk Management (Coursera)

This course introduces risk management and compliance strategy. You will examine risk assessment and learn how to have a risk management mindset. You will learn different types of compliance, including legal and safety compliance, and its role in operational policies. You will also explore the role Human Resources has in organizational restructuring.

Sep 28th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Engineering Project Management: Risk, Quality, Teams, and Procurement (Coursera) Coursera
Rice University

Engineering Project Management: Risk, Quality, Teams, and Procurement (Coursera)

Many Project Managers focus only on the scope, schedule and budget. However, a successful project requires that you manage risk, control the quality of the deliverables, engage and manage people and procure goods and services. This course will focus on these key support functions that make the difference between a highly successful project and an average one. During the course, you will prepare a Qualitative Risk Analysis and Evaluate the Cost of Quality for a provided Case Study.

Sep 28th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Strategies and Tools to Mitigate Agricultural Risk (Coursera) Coursera
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Strategies and Tools to Mitigate Agricultural Risk (Coursera)

Learners will examine risk management strategies for crop production, discuss techniques and programs to mitigate financial risk, and describe the types of rental agreements for agricultural land use. Learners will also explore traditional and innovative risk management strategies used in agricultural food production.

Oct 12th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Gestão de Riscos e de Mudanças em Projetos (Coursera) Coursera
University of California, Irvine,Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil

Gestão de Riscos e de Mudanças em Projetos (Coursera)

Este curso irá ajudá-lo a gerenciar efetivamente o risco de projetos identificando, analisando e comunicando mudanças inevitáveis no escopo e nos objetivos do projeto. Você entenderá e praticará os elementos necessários para medir e reportar o escopo do projeto, o cronograma e o desempenho dos custos. Você estará equipado com as ferramentas para gerenciar as mudanças da maneira menos perigosa possível para sua equipe e outras partes interessadas do projeto.

Sep 28th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Financial Forecasting and Reporting (Coursera) Coursera
University of Colorado Boulder

Financial Forecasting and Reporting (Coursera)

This course discusses how public projects are evaluated using cost-benefit analysis. Learners discover how interest rates and prices for stocks and bonds are determined. Techniques are presented on how to create departmental budgets for engineering cost centers and pro forma statements for profit centers. Learners then work with corporate financial statements to assess a company’s financial health, including recent measures of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG).

Sep 28th 2026
4 Weeks
Project Planning and Execution (Coursera) Coursera
University of Colorado Boulder

Project Planning and Execution (Coursera)

The goal of this second course of the Project Management specialization is to provide students with skills necessary to plan and execute traditional engineering projects. Project managers must plan and manage complex projects constrained by time and budget. As part of this course, you will determine project schedules, budgets, and risk assessments. At the end of this course, you will also be able to identify and explain various quality tools and methods used in project management.

Sep 28th 2026
4 Weeks
Cybersecurity Policy Foundations (Coursera) Coursera
Infosec

Cybersecurity Policy Foundations (Coursera)

In this course, the learner will get a good look at what policies and frameworks do to keep the cybersecurity industry on-mission and formal. Without this area of cybersecurity, cybersecurity would mean too many people doing too many different things that might not even improve security. Learn how you can have a successful career in cybersecurity without ever touching a command line!

Sep 28th 2026
4 Weeks
Proyecto Final: Diseño y Gestión de Proyectos de Desarrollo (Coursera) Coursera
Inter-American Development Bank - IDB

Proyecto Final: Diseño y Gestión de Proyectos de Desarrollo (Coursera)

Los proyectos de desarrollo son cruciales para mejorar vidas y acelerar el desarrollo económico y social en América Latina y el Caribe. A lo largo de los tres cursos que componen la Especialización en Diseño y Gestión de Proyectos de Desarrollo has fortalecido tus habilidades para diseñarlos y gestionarlos de manera adecuada con el fin de lograr los resultados esperados.

Sep 28th 2026
2 Weeks
Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance (Coursera) Coursera
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - HKUST

Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance (Coursera)

Information systems (IS) are important assets to business organizations and are ubiquitous in our daily lives. With the latest IS technologies emerging, such as Big Data, FinTech, Virtual Banks, there are more concerns from the public on how organizations maintain systems’ integrity, such as data privacy, information security, the compliance to the government regulations. Management in organizations also need to be assured that systems work the way they expected. IS auditors play a crucial role in handling these issues.

Oct 5th 2026
4 Weeks
Operations and Process Management (Coursera) Coursera
Illinois Tech

Operations and Process Management (Coursera)

The course focuses on teaching students how to successfully analyze a business process, research methods of improving a process, and adapt/integrate the improvement. methods into the business process in a prioritized and actionable manner. The goal of the course is to expose students to a universal set of business processes and provide them with a formal approach to improving and monitoring the health of those processes that they can apply in a current or future opportunity.

Oct 12th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Gestión con enfoque en riesgos en proyectos de desarrollo (Coursera) Coursera
Inter-American Development Bank - IDB

Gestión con enfoque en riesgos en proyectos de desarrollo (Coursera)

¿Sabías que cada decisión que tomamos en nuestras acciones diarias implica riesgos? Hasta el mejor de los proyectos está expuesto a imprevistos por lo que aprender a gestionar riesgos es importante para maximizar las oportunidades y reducir las amenazas. Este curso te brindará los conocimientos fundamentales para aprender a gestionar anticipadamente los eventos positivos y negativos que pueden afectar la ejecución de un proyecto de desarrollo.

Sep 28th 2026
3 Weeks