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DM-802 Disaster Vulnerabilities and Risk Assessment
Campus
MCE
Programs
PG
Session
Fall Semester 2016
Course Title
Disaster Vulnerabilities and Risk Assessment
Course Code
DM-802
Credit Hours
3-0
Pre-Requisutes
None
Course Objectives
Aims to introduce the students to different disaster risk and vulnerabilities assessment and making them proficient in making such assessments for different types of disasters related to Pakistan. The students will be trained through field visits while asking them to prepare their own risk and vulnerabilities assessments for disaster prone areas.
Detail Content
Risk identification
Understanding of Risk and Hazards
Element at Risk and vulnerabilities
Types of vulnerabilities( social, political, economic and geographical)
Scale of vulnerabilities ( local, regional and national level)
Risk perception
Theories of Risk Perception
Underlying factors for Risk Perception
Biases of Risk Perception
Types, magnitude and frequency relationship
Risk and uncertainty
Certainty and probability
Hazard prediction - trend projection
Hazard prediction -magnitude/frequency analysis
Catastrophes
Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA)
VCA ; Concepts and Definition
Purpose of VCA
Process of VCA
Outcome of a VCA
Community Based VCA
Disasters and vulnerability
Disasters and development
Formulation of Spatial Data (GIS)
Spatial data quality, decision making and policy analysis
The need for spatial metadata
Deriving data quality information in GIS
Positional accuracy
Completeness and logical consistency
Attribute accuracy
Storing and displaying spatial metadata
The Use of GIS in Assessment and Planning
GIS Definition and Components
Geographic Information Framework
GIS Inputs and Outputs
The Potential of GIS for Environmental Assessment and Planning
GIS Applications and Techniques
Digital Mapping
Spatial Analysis
Modeling
Public Participation GIS
Setting the GIS Context
Mitigation Measures
Monitoring
Public Participation
Hazard/ Risk mapping
Hazard Mapping and Risk Assessment
Elements of Hazard Mapping
Approaches & Methodologies
Qualitative Risk Mapping
Quantitative Risk Mapping
Elements of Hazard Mapping
Data Requirements & Availability
Data Standardization
Target User
Scale
Cost and Accuracy
Types of Hazard Mapping
Flood
Landslide
Seismic
Community Hazard Mapping
Need for Community Hazard Mapping
Process/ Methodologies
Community Threat
Scientific Information
Land Use Planning
Risk Assessment
Overview of Hazard Mapping and Risk Assessment Initiatives in South Asia
Risk Profiling in Pakistan
Text/Ref Books
What is VCA? An introduction to vulnerability and capacity assessment. Handbook: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment – Disaster Management Training Programme www.iaemeuropa.terapad.com/.../UN%20DMTP%20-%20Vulnerability.pdf
Disaster Risk Management and Vulnerability Reduction www.adpc.net/infores/adpc-documents/PovertyPaper.pdf Multi Hazard Risk Assessment using GIS www.adpc.net/audmp/rllw/themes/th1-westen.pdf
Time Schedule
Fall 2015
Faculty/Resource Person
Brig Fiaz Hussain Shah MS Disaster Management