Hazards and Spatial Planning

Code:

MRCOT052

Acronym:

RPC

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Hazards, Cities and Spatial Planning

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MRCOT	6	MRCOT - Study Plan	1	-	6	4
MSIGOT	0	MSIGOT - Study Plan	1	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course unit is designed for students to: - Become acquainted with several different hazard mapping methods; - Develop skills related to the identification of hazard areas; - Integrate information on the dynamics of the physical environment with hazard identification; - Understand the dynamics of the physical environment and organize information in information systems; - Introduce hazard issues in spatial planning processes.

Learning outcomes and competences

Develop processes and mechanisms to prevent the risk from potentially dangerous natural processes.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Presentation session 1.1. Program. 1.2. Evaluation. 1.3. Practical sessions and tutorial timetable. 2. Concepts on Natural Hazards. 2.1. Perception and natural hazards. 2.2. Natural hazards and technological development. 2.3. Society and resilience. 2.4. Relationship human activity/physical environment. 2.5. Spatial dimension of natural hazards. 2.6. Definition of risk, hazard, susceptibility and vulnerability. 2.7. Framework on natural hazards management. 2.8. Natural hazard and technological hazards. 3. Hydrologic processes and natural hazards. 3.1. Slope hydrology and drainage basin runoff. 3.2. Modulation of floods and inundation cartography. 3.3. Progressive floods and flash floods. 3.4. Fluvial geomorphology and flash floods hazard cartography. 4. Geomorphologic processes and natural hazards. 4.1. Types of slope movements. 4.2. Superficial formations and slope instability. 4.3. Main properties of the scars characteristics. 4.4 Condition factors of slope movement occurrence. 5. Geomorphologic maps and natural hazards cartography. 5.1. Cartografia geomorfológica e cartografia dos riscos naturais. 5.2. Prevention and cartography of natural hazards. 5.3. Methodologies of elaboration of geomorphologic susceptibility mapping. 5.4. Direct cartography and indirect cartography.

Mandatory literature

Horlick-Jones, Tom 340; Natural risk and civil protection
Rui Pedro Julião, Fernanda Nery, José Luís Ribeiro, Margarida Castelo Branco; guia metodológico para a produção de cartografia municipal de risco e para a criação de sistemas de informação geográfica (sig) de base municipal, Autoridade Nacional de Protecção Civil, 2009. ISBN: 978-989-96121-4-3

Comments from the literature

Each specific work to be undertaken during the semester will have a specific bibliography.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive and tutorial sessions.

Software

ArcGis, Cad

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	103,00
Total:	103,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification will be calculated based on the final work - 100%.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According Flup rules.

Classification improvement

According Flup rules.