sdg11.5 Disaster Risk Reduction

Courses tagged with "sdg::11.5_disaster_risk_reduction"

Management and mitigation of coastal erosion
Online

MMCE2023

Management and mitigation of coastal erosion

Portugal
Training Center

The coastal erosion problem affects several regions worldwide. The causes of this problem are sites specific and not always understood. In this way, understanding the possible mitigation measures for this problem and the impact that each coastal intervention strategy can represent on the shoreline evolution allows for a more informed action by the decision-makers and competent entities.

Tsunami Awareness
Online

TsunamiAware2023

Tsunami Awareness

Itic
Training Center

Tsunamis are low frequency natural hazards but high impact events that may cause loss of lives and assets.
This online course provides a review of basic tsunami science to provide a basic understanding of tsunami phenomenon, tsunami hazard and tsunami risk, the tsunami warning processes and products, tsunami preparedness for coastal communities, and the TsunamiReady concept and guidelines for its implementation.

Training on Tsunami Community Preparedness
Onsite

TCP_2022

Training on Tsunami Community Preparedness

Indonesia
Training Center

The Tsunami Community Preparedness Training Course will be conducted in Semester II, 2022. It is a continuation of the previous training (online-Basic Tsunami Ready Training Course). This training course provides the knowledge and skill to test the community's response capability. The course design will be like a Training of Trainers (ToT). Course contents will cover presentation, discussion, and sharing experiences on a case study of tsunami-ready and practical sessions including a site visit to a tsunami-ready community in Indonesia.

Gestión de zonas costeras: Erosión costera y herramientas para su estudio
Online

ESPOL_CZM_2021

Gestión de zonas costeras: Erosión costera y herramientas para su estudio

Ecuador
Training Center

Este curso tiene por objetivo estudiar la erosión costera; estableciendo herramientas para su observación y cuantificación; y teniendo como elementos integradores los conceptos de Reducción de Riesgo de Desastres y Manejo Costero Integrado dentro del conjunto de amenazas naturales.

Implementing an Operational Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting System (OOFS)
Online

OOFS_Implementation 2021

Implementing an Operational Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting System (OOFS)

Belgium
Training Center

Implementing an operational ocean monitoring and forecasting system is guided by multiple scientific, technical and outreach choices. This course will provide examples of these choices through an overview of the products from an operational oceanography and forecasting systems (via the Copernicus Marine Service portfolio) and a demonstration on graphical user interfaces and command line interfaces to visualize these data. Practical sessions will be proposed on Assimilation Validation and Downscaling.

Tsunami Ready Training Course (Indonesia)
Online

TSUNAMIREADY2021

Tsunami Ready Training Course (Indonesia)

Indonesia
Training Center

This is an introductory-level training course providing the basic understanding of performance-based community readiness concept toward tsunami hazard based on 12 tsunami preparedness indicators.

The objective of this training course is to build the capacity of participants to enable them to provide assistance on building a tsunami ready community in Indonesia.

Understanding the Benefits of Operational Ocean and Forecasting Systems (OOFS)
Online

OOFS_Awareness 2021

Understanding the Benefits of Operational Ocean and Forecasting Systems (OOFS)

Belgium
Training Center

This course will provide an overview of Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting Systems. Three main topics will be addressed: the international context and motivations, modelling the ocean and operate systems, disseminating ocean information.