In today’s rapidly changing world, understanding and managing environmental and disaster risks is crucial. The Environmental and Disaster Risk Management Tools at Territorial Scales This course offers you an invaluable opportunity to acquire essential skills in this rapidly growing field. With the growing global focus on sustainability and risk mitigation, expertise in regional analysis and management tools is in high demand. This course enables you to master diagnostic, planning and monitoring tools, equipping you with the knowledge to make informed decisions that safeguard both communities and ecosystems. Delivered online, it offers the flexibility to learn at your own pace whilst connecting with a network of like-minded professionals. By taking part, you will place yourself at the forefront of a sector that is both vital and thriving, ready to contribute to meaningful change and innovation.
Environmental and disaster risk management tools at regional levels
Risk and Disaster Management and Prevention
40 hours
Introduction
Objectives
- To identify territorial scales of analysis in environmental management.
- To understand diagnostic tools for assessing risk management.
- To apply planning tools in environmental management.
- To evaluate management and monitoring tools for risk control.
- To analyse environmental data at various geographical scales.
- To develop strategies using risk management planning tools.
- To incorporate diagnostic tools into environmental assessments.
Table of Contents
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 tools 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 TOOLS
Planning and its environmental dimension
Spatial planning
Disaster risk management planning and climate change planning tools
Environmental planning
Sustainable development planning
UNIT 4. MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING TOOLS
Operational planning tools
River basin management plans
Environmental management plans (EMPs)
Emergency contingency plans
Citizen oversight plans
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