This course is to develop the capacity of professionals to design, manage, evaluate and undertake improvements in people-centered early warning systems for hydro- meteorological & geological hazards and extreme events associated with climate change and variability. It focuses on building capacities on use of GIS and space based technologies in disaster risk management for disaster management institutions, disaster management practitioners and communities. It aims to institutionalize weather and climate information applications for disaster mitigation.
Course Objectives
- Apply GIS and Remote Sensing for designing implementations of large scale early warning systems.
- Effectively integrate scientific and technical inputs into early warning dissemination and communication system
- Apply emerging generation climate prediction technologies for anticipating and managing disaster risks associated with climate change & variability
- Interpret scientific information products into user friendly formats and prepare & communicate tailor made early warning information products
- Undertake risk assessment and design of multi-hazard early warning systems for disaster risk reduction
Course Content/Outline(3 credit units per topic-1hr lecture and 2hrs practical)
- Wk 1: Concepts and main frameworks in Multi Hazard Early Warning Systems
- Wk 1: Basic concepts of GIS and Remote Sensing in the context of Early Warning Systems
- Wk 2: Handling spatial information, I: (Using Quantum GIS)
- Wk2: Handling spatial information II: GPS-based field data collection
- Wk 3: Introduction to Risk Identification and assessment using Geospatial Technologies
- Wk 3: Handling spatial information III: Visualization of risk information
- Wk 4: Hazard detection, monitoring, forecasting and warning
- Wk 4: Handling Geospatial information IV: Satellite image processing techniques for change detection and early warning
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