Floods and landslides - Integrated risk assessment
The course is open to gradating, graduate and post-graduate students in appropriate fields of climatology, natural hazards or other closely-related fields. The course programme will include lectures, case studies and visits, and students will have opportunities for informal discussion with lecturers. Subjects covered will include the following:
- Floods and landslides hazard;
- Types and characteristics of floods and landslides;
- Effects of meteorological and climate change on natural disasters;
- Effects of floods and landslides in terms of risk;
- Forecasting - modelling, monitoring systems and alarms;
- Cartography, GIS and remote sensing;
- Socio-economic perspective;
- Multi-hazard and land planning.
For further information, please contact:
European Commission
DG XII - Science, research and development
European School of Climatology and Natural Hazards
200 rue de la Loi
B-1049 Brussels
Fax +32-2-2963024