Hazards and Spatial Planning

Code:

MRCOT052

Acronym:

RPC

Instance: 2015/2016 - 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	8	MRCOT - Study Plan	1	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Identification and analysis od the National Civil Protection System.


2. Obtain skills related with Civil Protection and Risk analysis.


3. Organize and integrate physical and social dynamics information on risk identification process.


4. Integrate and use the risk analysis in the preparation of the protection and rescue organization.


5. 5. Identification of the spatial vulnerability and potential damage of exposed elements. 

Learning outcomes and competences

Develop processes and mechanisms to prevent the risk from potentially dangerous natural processes.
Obtain skils on the evaluation of the structural, funcional and people vulnerability.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Cartographic tecniques and GIS software.

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
Smith, K; ; Environmental hazards. Physical Environment Series, Routledge. , 2000
Cutter, S. L.; Environmental risks and hazards, Upper Saddle River, Prentice-Hall, 1994. ISBN: 0-13-753856-1
O. Altan, R. Backhaus, P. Boccardo, S. Zlatanova ; Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk Management. Examples and Best Practices.., Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies., 2010. ISBN: 978-87-90907-88-4

Complementary Bibliography

F. Guzzetti; Landslide Hazard and Risk Assessment. Concepts, methods, and tools for the detection and mapping of landslide, for landslide susceptibility zonation and hazard assessment, and for landslide risk evaluation., Ed do autor da tese de doutoramento., 2005

Comments from the literature

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

Teaching methods and learning activities

The discipline will be based on theoretical and practical sessions, with discussion of the questions related with the evolution of the practical work.

Software

ArcGis, Cad
Base de dados
Folha de cálculo

keywords

Natural sciences > Environmental science > Earth science > Physical geography

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	84,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de campo	16,00
Total:	156,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applied.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification will be calculated based on the final work - 80%, work presentation in classroom - 10% and participation in group work - 10%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applied.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According Flup rules.

Classification improvement

According Flup rules.