POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN NATURAL HAZARDS AND SPATIAL PLANNING
COURSES
COURSES
They are grouped in three main areas and have three components:
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units
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case studies
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final research
Case studies work is carried out in groups, as well as the use of the tools for the management of spatial and environmental information in the laboratory. The structure of the case studies is:
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Location of the case
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Hazard components
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Risk components
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Episodes and dimensions
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Potential solutions
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Plans applied
The final research work will be invididually-based on the program topic or on one of the individual courses, proposed by the student and supervised by a professor. Extension will not be under 30 pages. Assignment criteria will be structure, use of literature, understanding of involved variables, relationship between natural hazards and spatial planning, and the relationship between problem definition and the analysis of solutions. Projects will be developed by the following deadlines:
| Case 1 | 28 February |
| Case 2 | 7 March |
| Final research | 14 March |
| Final | 31 March |
Natural Hazards
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Credits |
U1 |
Introduction to risk analysis |
0,5 |
U2 |
Hazardous meteorological events |
1,5 |
U3 |
Climate change |
0,25 |
U4 |
Seismology and volcanism |
0,5 |
U5 |
Seismic hazards |
0,5 |
U6 |
Volcanic hazards |
1,0 |
U7 |
Tsunamis |
0,5 |
U8 |
Geomorphology |
0,25 |
U9 |
Erosion |
0,5 |
U10 |
Landslides |
0,25 |
U11 |
Flood modelling |
0,5 |
U12 |
Public hydraulic area delimitation |
0,25 |
U13 |
Restoration and engineering projects |
0,5 |
U14 |
Wild fire hazards |
0,25 |
U15 |
The study of fire hazards by remote sensing and geographic information systems |
0,5 |
U16 |
Seashore dynamic |
0,25 |
U17 |
Biological hazards |
0,25 |
Spatial Technologies
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Credits |
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U18 |
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
0,5 |
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U19 |
Introduction to Remote Sensing |
0,5 |
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U20 |
Modelling with Geographic Information Systems |
0,5 |
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Spatial Planning
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Credits |
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U21 |
Spatial Planning |
0,25 |
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U22 |
Types of urban planning and spatial planning strategies |
0,5 |
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U23 |
Rural planning and special plans |
0,5 |
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U24 |
Emergency preparedness |
0,5 |
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U25 |
The centre for emergency management and preparedness in Extremadura |
0,5 |
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U26 |
The system of catastrophe insurance |
0,25 |
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U27 |
Economic evaluation of risk |
0,5 |
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U28 |
Social awareness and resilience |
0,5 |
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U29 |
Urbanism and architecture in the Lisbon A Baixa after the 1755 seism |
0,5 |
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U30 |
Strategies of sustainability |
0,5 |
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Practical units
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Credits |
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| U31 |
Applications in the assessment and management of risk with GIS and Remote sensing |
2,5 |
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| U32 |
Case study 1: Landslides in Iceland |
1,0 |
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| U33 |
Case study 2: Seismic risk in the Caucasus |
1,0 |
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| U34 |
Case study 3: Hydrologic simulation in a watershed |
0,5 | |
| U35 |
Final research project |
0,75 | |
