Satellite-Based Monitoring and Modeling Approaches for Climate Induced Disaster

Pre-requisites

Basic knowledge on Disaster Monitoring & Management.

Objectives

This course is aimed to provide basic concepts of space based disaster management.

The course progresses from image interpretation techniques, remote Sensing for disaster assessment and monitoring as well as rapid damage assessment. This course will provide hands-on exercises emphasizing on the flood, earthquake, landslide and drought rapid mapping and damage assessment techniques. The course will also provide understanding of flood hazard assessment using flood modeling techniques and hands-on exercise on Flood Hazard Assessment using HEC-RAS 2D Model.

Course Contents

• Introduction to GIS
• Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing
• Image Interpretation
• Monitoring and Mapping of Disasters
• Damage Assessment
• Landslide Damage Assessment
• Google Earth Engine
• Flood hazard assessment
• Flood Hazard Mapping
• Disaster Watch overview

Course Fee & Assessment

Course Fee

PKR 25,000 (US $300 for foreign participants)

Venue

SPARC, Islamabad

Assessment

Oral or written examination

Application Form

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