COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RISK ASSESEMENT IN GIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIS 5026 RISK ASSESEMENT IN GIS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÇIĞDEM TARHAN

Offered to

Geographical Information Systems (Non-Thesis) (English)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM) (ENGLISH)

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to give a broad overview of what is meant by risk and the way in which it influences decisions made in applications, to describe some of the tools and techniques used in risk management in a broad range of applications, to describe systems and techniques that could be used by the users.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students who succeeded in this course will understand the spatial and quantitive aspects of hazard, vulnerability and risk.
2   The students who succeeded in this course will be able to map the elements at risk.
3   The students who succeeded in this course will be able to perform spatial data analysis and integration.
4   The students who succeeded in this course will carry out loss estimation for various disasters.
5   The students who succeeded in this course will apply multi-criteria analysis for decison making.
6   The students who succeeded in this course will be able to perform cost-benefit analysis for various disaster risk reduction projects.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Risk Assessment in GIS
2 Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk (spatial characteristics of HVR, spatial data sources and referencing systems) Bostrom A., French, S. and Gottlieb, S. 2010. Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support, Springer
3 Assessment of HVR and applications of GIS and RS Bostrom A., French, S. and Gottlieb, S. 2010. Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support, Springer
4 Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment (elements at risk, its classification) Bostrom A., French, S. and Gottlieb, S. 2010. Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support, Springer
5 Spatial Analysis for multi-hazard risk assessment, HVR assessment for floods/earthquakes/landslides Bostrom A., French, S. and Gottlieb, S. 2010. Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support, Springer
6 Loss estimation (Loss estimation, risk curves and estimation of annual loss) Bostrom A., French, S. and Gottlieb, S. 2010. Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support, Springer
7 Loss estimation (loss estimation for multi-hazards) Bostrom A., French, S. and Gottlieb, S. 2010. Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support, Springer
8 Mid-Term
9 Spatial Multi-Criteria Evaluation (Concept of spatial multi-criteria evaluation, assigning weight in spatial multi-criteria evaluation) Belton, V., Stewart, T.J. 2003. Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: An Integrated Approach, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
10 Spatial Multi-Criteria Evaluation (guidance for decision making) Belton, V., Stewart, T.J. 2003. Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: An Integrated Approach, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
11 Cost Benefit Analysis (Financial and economic evaluations)/Cost Benefit Analysis of Disaster Risk Reduction Measures Bateman, I.J., Lovett, A.A. and Brainard, J.S. 2003. Applied Environmental Economics-A GIS Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cambridge University Press
12 Project Evaluation
13 Project Evaluation
14 Project Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Bostrom A., French, S. and Gottlieb, S. 2010. Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support, Springer

Belton, V., Stewart, T.J. 2003. Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: An Integrated Approach, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Bateman, I.J., Lovett, A.A. and Brainard, J.S. 2003. Applied Environmental Economics-A GIS Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cambridge University Press

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading the related parts of the course material each week, attending the course and participating in class discussions are the requirements of the course.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentation - % 30
MidTerm - % 30
Final - & 40

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Student responsibilities
Reading the related parts of the course material each week, attending the course and participating in class discussions are the requirements of the course. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can obtain the graduate policy at www.fbe.deu.edu.tr

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist.Prof.Dr. Çiğdem TARHAN
cigdem.tarhan@deu.edu.tr
tel: 0 232 301 05 11

Office Hours

Wednesday 09.00-11.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Reading 13 7 91
Midterm 1 12 12
Final 1 22 22
Project Evaluation 1 22 22
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.132242142413
LO.253524454232
LO.322431224324
LO.442521232312
LO.554145523154
LO.642521232321

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