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GIS-842 Natural Hazards & Disaster Management
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Campus
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SCEE (IGIS)
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Programs
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PG
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Session
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Spring Semester 2017
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Course Title
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Natural Hazards & Disaster Management
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Course Code
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GIS-842
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Credit Hours
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3-0
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Pre-Requisutes
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Core Courses
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Course Objectives
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While natural hazards cannot be prevented, their human impacts can be greatly reduced through advance action that mitigates risks and reduces vulnerability. This course focuses primarily on the understanding of hazards, disasters, vulnerability assessment and the potential uses of GIT for natural disaster management in all the three phases, i.e. pre-disaster, disaster, and post-disaster with examples from globe and particularly Pakistan.
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Detail Content
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Introduction to Natural Hazards and Disasters (Concepts & Definitions)
Hazard Dimensions, Distributions, Patterns, Associated Processes & History of Hazards Research
Social & Economic Aspects of Natural Hazards
Individual and Community Adjustments: Perceptions, Attitudes and Behavior
Hazard and Disaster Investigation
Hazard Vulnerability Assessment & Mapping
Risk Management
Natural Disaster Management Cycle
Pre-Disaster Phase (Prevention, Mitigation & Preparedness)
Disaster Phase (Response)
Post-Disaster Phase (Rehabilitation, Development)
Geo-Information Technologies (GIT) for Natural Disaster Management
Natural Hazards & Disasters in Pakistan
Natural Disaster Management in Pakistan
Use of Geo-Information Technologies (GIT) for Natural Hazard Management in Pakistan (Plans, Projects, Potential Advancements)
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Text/Ref Books
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- Timothy Beatley, Philip Berke, David J. Brower 1999 Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting Disaster Policy and Planning Island Press ISBN: 1559636025
- R. W. Greene (2002) Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook ESRI Press ISBN: 1589480406
- Charlotte Benson, Edward J. Clay (2004) Understanding the Economic and Financial Impacts of Natural Disasters World Bank Publications ISBN: 0821356852
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Time Schedule
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Spring Semester 2015
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Faculty/Resource Person
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Dr Salman Atif
PhD in Geography and Environment
Specialization: Geography and Natural Environment
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