Event: Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Disaster Risk Management Course

Venue: Indepth Research Services, Nairobi, Kenya.

Event Date: 05th-09th March 2018.

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INTRODUCTION
Disaster risk information is spatial in nature and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play an important role in disaster risk management. Rapid population growth and urbanization combined with extreme climatic events are causing a rapid increase in vulnerability of communities exposed to hazardous events. Natural disasters inflict severe damage on almost the entire spectrum of social and natural habitats, ranging from housing and shelter, water, food, health, sanitation, and waste management to information and communication networks, supply of power and energy, and transportation infrastructure.
There is a great need to utilize disaster risk information in planning for effective coping mechanisms of disaster risk reduction. For this, there is a significant need to create awareness among the disaster management professionals regarding the importance of GIS and Remote Sensing.
This course is job oriented and aims to impact practical skills on how to use GIS and RS, to overcome the major challenges faced in, pre-disasters during disaster and post-disaster management such as during early warning, hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment, damage assessment, as well as in the design of risk reduction measures.
Who Should Attend
The course is targeted at professionals who require knowledge and skills on the use of GIS and RS in their organization in the field of disaster management. Participants are welcome from a broad range of organizations including physical planning, institutions, professionals and private GIS and RS related firms.

Key Outcomes
• Describe and utilize spatial data, GIS and remote sensing in disaster risk assessment and management
• Utilize existing sources of historical disaster information and elements at risk data
• Apply GIS/remote sensing in hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment
• Employ risk information in emergency preparedness planning
• Visualize hazard and risk information
• Apply GIS/remote sensing to post-disaster damage assessment

COURSE CONTENT
• Basic information
• GIS data sources, data collection and integration techniques for DRM
• Hazard, vulnerability and Risk assessment with GIS and RS (Pre-Disaster)
• Application of Risk Information for Risk Reduction Planning (Pre-Disaster)
• Introduction to Early warning systems and Information Networks (Pre-Disaster)
• Disaster Impact Analysis (Post Disaster)
• Public Participatory GIS and Disaster Risk Management (Pre and Post Disaster)

Related Courses
• GIS Analysis for Health Sector Programmes Course
• GIS and Statistical Analysis for WASH Programmes Course
• Web-based GIS and Mapping Course
• GIS and Remote Sensing in Land Cover, Land Change Analysis Course
• GIS and Remote Sensing for agricultural resource management Course

UPCOMING EVENTS:
• GIS and remote sensing in multi hazard early warning systems Course to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 5th-9th March 2018
• GIS and Remote Sensing For Climate Change Impact Analysis and Adaptation Course to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 5th-9th March 2018
• GIS and Remote Sensing For Climate Change Impact Analysis and Adaptation Course to be held in Mombasa, Kenya on 5th-9th March 2018
• GIS and Remote Sensing for sustainable forest monitoring and management Course to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 5th-8th March 2018
• GIS and Remote Sensing for agricultural resource management Course to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 12th-16th March 2018
• GIS and Remote Sensing in Land Cover, Land Change Analysis Course Kenya on 19th-23rd March 2018

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.
Email: outreach@indepthresearch.org Mob: +254 715 077 817 Tel: 020 211 3814

PAYMENT

Payment should be transferred to IRES account through bank on or before C.O.B. 26th February 2018
Send proof of payment to outreach@indepthresearch.org
For further inquiries, please contact us on Tel: +254 715 077 817, +254 731240802
Email outreach@indepthresearch.org

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