Environmental Management, Hazard Management and Education.

Overview & Synopsis

This paper investigates the links between environmental management, hazard management, and education in Australia. The purpose of the paper is to show that hazards are a major aspect of the environment of all students, hazard education is fundamental to effective hazard management in a democratic society, and hazard education should be regarded as an essential part of the environmental education of all citizens. These conclusions are reached by considering the: (1) nature of the environment; (2) nature of environmental management; (3) goals of environmental education; (4) significance of hazards in the environment; (5) potential goals of a hazardous education curriculum; and (6) directions in which the Australian Counter Disaster College should be moving in pursuing the aims of its charter in the area of hazard education and environmental education. (MVL)