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GEOG 858: Spatial Data Science for Emergency Management

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Lesson 2: Hazards and Disasters

  • Overview and Checklist
  • Hazards and Disasters
  • Reading Assignment
  • Emerging Theme: GIS and UAVs
  • Work with GIS and UAV Data, Exercise Overview
  • Exercise: Part 1, Mapping for Situation Awareness
  • Exercise: Part 2, Damage Assessment following Hurricane Irma
  • Exercise Submission and Grading
  • Term Project - Abstract
  • Summary and Final Tasks

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  • Spatial Data Science for Emergency Management
    • Lesson 1: Spatial Data Science for Emergency Management
    • Lesson 2: Hazards and Disasters
      • Overview and Checklist
      • Hazards and Disasters
      • Reading Assignment
      • Emerging Theme: GIS and UAVs
      • Work with GIS and UAV Data, Exercise Overview
      • Exercise: Part 1, Mapping for Situation Awareness
      • Exercise: Part 2, Damage Assessment following Hurricane Irma
      • Exercise Submission and Grading
      • Term Project - Abstract
      • Summary and Final Tasks
    • Lesson 3: Vulnerability Assessment and Hazard Mitigation
    • Lesson 4: Preparedness
    • Lesson 5: Response
    • Lesson 6: Recovery
    • Lesson 7: Using Scenarios to Plan GIS for Emergency Management
    • Lesson 8: Case Study Collaboration
    • Lesson 9: Case Study – 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami
    • Lesson 10: Term Project

Course materials prepared by Matt Beaty, Instructor, MGIS program, The Pennsylvania State University.

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