Summary of GDRR 530 - Natural Hazards, Exposure And Risk Mapping

GDRR 530 - Natural Hazards, Exposure And Risk Mapping

Students will learn several different approaches and methodologies to producing maps starting with hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and risk maps. Students will also be exposed to producing multi-hazard maps based on selected case areas as the final project.

Contact Hours

56 hours
1 meeting per week 4 hours per meeting
14 weeks

Prerequisites

GDRR 511, GDRR 521, GDRR 522, GDRR 512

Course Learning Objectives

At the end of the course, the students shall be able to:

CLO 1: Identify and understand natural disasters and environmental phenomena.
CLO 2: Analyze the risks and effects of natural disaster to the built environment and its inhabitants.
CLO 3: Identify and apply hazard mitigation concepts in the planning process of communities.

References

Call Number	Description
GC 526 C849 2010	Crampton, Jeremy W. Mapping : a critical introduction to cartography and GIS. Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010.
Wiley ebook	Menoni, S. Flood damage survey and assessment: new insights from research and practice. 2017.
Wiley ebook	Haimes, Y. Risk modeling, assessment, and management. 2015.
Wiley ebook	Brugnot, G. Spatial management of risks. 2013.
Wiley ebook	Bunde, A. Extreme events and natural hazards. 2013.