Geosciences
Natural Hazards: Assessment and Prevention
The mechanisms behind geological and hydroclimatic phenomena, how they are assessed and represented at different scales, and prevention tools in planning and development.
Overview
About the programme
The mechanisms behind geological and hydroclimatic phenomena, how they are assessed and represented at different scales, and prevention tools in planning and development.
Duration
2.5 days
Training hours
18 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
What trainees will gain
- Identify the mechanisms underlying geological and hydroclimatic natural phenomena in order to assess and prevent this type of risk.
- Understand compensation schemes for natural disasters and identify ways to manage these risks.
Content
What the programme covers
Phenomena
- Definitions, and geological phenomena: landslides, mudflows, clay shrinkage and swelling, earthquakes and coastal erosion.
- Hydroclimatic phenomena: marine flooding and groundwater flooding.
Hazard and risk assessment
- Inventorying and characterising events: available data and the limitations of methods.
- Assessing and mapping hazards at different scales and defining hazard levels, characterising exposed elements and the likelihood of occurrence, risk assessment, and available databases.
Natural risk prevention
- Information and training, regulatory tools for development and planning, and prevention measures and policy.
Natural disaster compensation schemes
- Principles and mechanisms, and their local application.
Who for
Target audience
Officials at local authorities, risk managers, and planning and development engineers.
Method
How it is delivered
Presentations, case studies and work on hazard databases.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.