UNU-ITC School for Disaster Geo-information Management
According to the Agreement between United Nations University (UNU) and ITC, the long-term objective is "to strengthen the capacity of institutions at national and local level in developing countries to reduce the vulnerability to natural hazards".
The overall objective of the School for Disaster Geo-Information Management is to support capacity building of organizations in developing countries through training of individuals in the collection, management, analysis and dissemination of spatial information before, during and after disaster events, in order to reduce the impacts of natural and related environmental and technological hazards.
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Courses
Departmental staff contribute to a wide range of courses.
- Applied Earth Sciences (MSc degree)
- Applied Earth Sciences (PG diploma)
- Geo-hazards, with IIRS, Dehra Dun, India (MSc degree)
- Geo-hazards, with IIRS, Dehra Dun, India (PG diploma)
- Geo-information for Spatial Planning and Risk Management, with the University Gadjah Mada, Indonesia (MSc degree)
- Multi-hazard Risk Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment for Spatial Planning (Certificate)
- Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment (Certificate)
- Geographical Information Management and Applications - Full time (MSc degree)
Research themes
Research is carried out by a group led by one of ITC's professors. Each group typically comprises several expert staff members and a number of graduate students.
Major projects
Projects executed by the department.
University networks
One of the main objectives of the School is to support capacity building in disaster geo-information management through the formation of university networks. The following concrete network activities have been established.
- UNESCO - Regional Capacity Building for Natural Disaster Reduction
- Sustainable Capacity Building on Urban Disaster Mitigation in Asia (CASITA)
- Strengthening Capacity on Multi-hazard Risk Assessment in Tsunami affected Countries (SCRATCH)
- University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa (UNEDRA)
UNEDRA university network
- Overview of activities
- Coordination
- Participating organisations
- Aspects of collaboration
- International workshop Abuja, Nigeria
- Short course Geoinformation for Environmental Risk Management in Africa (Kenya)
- Workshop University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa
- Refresher course Geo-information for Disaster Management in Eastern Africa
DIAG
ITC's Disaster Information Analysis Group (DIAG).
Small grants
Within the School for Disaster Geo-Information Management some small grants may be requested for the presentation of research work in International conferences.
Research projects
Within the School for DGIM much attention is paid to knowledge development and research collaboration. This will be realised through research projects and PhD research.
- AIDA – Advancing ICT for Africa
- DESIRE - Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of Land
- ENSURE
- LDD- Land Development Department
- Mountain Risk
- PhD research
- PROMO - Perception and Risk Communication in Dealing with Flood Risks
- SAFELAND - Living with landslide risk in Europe
- SLARIM - Strengthening Local Authorities in Risk Management
Research output
Scientific output of the School's staff, PhD candidates and MSc students in the form of scientific articles.
