- Understand the application of GIS in disaster risk management.
- Identify methodological criteria for creating hazard maps.
- Develop skills to model natural threats effectively.
- Analyse geospatial data for informed land planning.
- Use GIS tools to enhance disaster response strategies.
- Evaluate geospatial technologies for risk assessment.
- Integrate GIS data to improve land use planning decisions.
UNIT 1. APPLICATION OF GIS AND GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES GIS in disaster risk management Geospatial technologies in disaster risk management Remote sensing in natural hazard assessments Satellite data acquisition, band combination, and image interpretation Enhancement of geospatial data interpretation UNIT 2. METHODOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR THE ELABORATION OF NATURAL HAZARD MAPS Hazard mapping methodology Methodology for the elaboration of vulnerability maps Methodology for the elaboration and analysis of risk maps Natural hazards maps and their relation to spatial planning Study and management of thematic data UNIT 3. MODELING THREATS Hazard mapping methodology Methodology for the elaboration of vulnerability maps Methodology for the elaboration and analysis of risk maps Natural hazards maps and their relation to spatial planning Study and management of thematic data UNIT 4. LAND PLANNING Territorial planning figures Territorial planning decision-making with risk management inputs Documents, plans and programs for risk management in private institutions Lessons learned in natural disaster management and its relation with risk management Territorial planning regulations (case studies)