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Kalafsky, Ronald V.; Conner, Neil – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
Global supply chains play an increasingly important role in the economy and should therefore be addressed within geography coursework, especially given concerns that geographers have not fully explored various angles of globalization. This article explores the use of an online case study on supply chains and their vulnerability to natural…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Natural Disasters, Case Studies, Surveys
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Lienert, Christophe; Bischof, Nicole; Hurni, Lorenz – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
The overall goal of the Swiss Virtual Campus project Dealing with Natural Hazards and Risk (NAHRIS) is to create a common educational course program that compiles the most recent knowledge in the field of natural hazards and risk management. Several higher education institutes from all parts of Switzerland were involved in the realization of this…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Risk Management, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions
Allan, Stuart; Sonwalkar, Prasun; Carter, Cynthia – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2007
This article assesses the potential of online news reporting to create discursive spaces for emphatic engagement--of bearing witness--at a distance, especially where human rights violations are concerned. Taking as its focus the emergent forms and practices of citizen journalism, it examines the spontaneous actions of ordinary people compelled to…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, News Reporting, Internet, Citizen Role