- To identify territorial scales of analysis in environmental management.
- To understand diagnostic tools for assessing risk management.
- To apply planning instruments in environmental management.
- To evaluate management and monitoring tools for risk control.
- To analyse environmental data at various territorial scales.
- To develop strategies using risk management planning tools.
- To integrate diagnostic tools into environmental assessments.
UNIT 1. TERRITORIAL SCALES OF ANALYSIS How is a territory defined? Territorial analysis based on political boundaries Territorial analysis based on environmental boundaries Global, regional, national, and local territorial scales Territory in environmental and disaster risk management UNIT 2. DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT Diagnostic instruments in different types of management Characteristics of geological hazards Characteristics of hydrometeorological hazards Characteristics of biological hazards Environmental impact assessment studies UNIT 3. ENVIRONMENTAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT PLANNING INSTRUMENTS Planning and its environmental dimension Spatial planning Disaster risk management planning and climate change planning instruments Environmental planning Sustainable development planning UNIT 4. MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING INSTRUMENTS Operational planning instruments River basin management plans Environmental management plans (EMPS) Emergency contingency plans Citizen oversight plans