15th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference
June 4-7, 2012

Academic Emergency Management and Related Courses

Documents below provided in MS Word, or PDF format.

Hazards Mapping and Modeling

• Title Page and Table of Contents
• Hazard Mapping and Modeling Course Outline
• Session 1: Introduction to and Evolution of Hazard Mapping and Modeling
  • Session 1 – Power Point
• Session 2: Technology Developments in Hazard Mapping and Modeling
  • Session 2 – Power Point
• Session 3: Introduction to Mapping
  • Session 3 – Power Point
• Session 4: Geographic Information Systems in a Hazards Context
  • Session 4 – Power Point – Part One: Introduction & Federal GIS Response
  • Session 4 – Power Point – Part Two: Data Types and Input
  • Session 4 – Power Point – Part Three: Head Up Digitizing
  • Session 4 – Power Point – Part Four: Boundaries and Other Geographies
  • Session 4 – Power Point – Part Five: Data Sources on the Internet
  • Session 4 – Power Point – Part Six: Collecting Your Own Data
  • Session 4 – Power Point – Part Seven: Using Spatial Analysis
  • Session 4 – Power Point – Part Eight: Final Exercise
• Session 5: Communicating Risk
  • Session 5 – Power Point
• Session 6: Modeling Flood Hazards
  • Session 6 – Power Point
  • Session 6 – Modeling Flood Hazards Slides-PDF
  • Session 6 – Handbook-GIS Based Hazards Assessment
  • Session 6 – Reading-Multi-Scenarios
  • Session 6 – Reading-Integrating GIS
  • Session 6 – Reading-GIS Based Diffusive Transport Approach
  • Session 6 – Reading-Flood Hazard Assessment and Management
  • Session 6 – Reading-Remote Sensing & GIS in Urban Areas
• Session 7: Modeling Earthquake Hazards
  • Session 7 – Power Point
  • Session 7 – Great Sumatra Tsunami
• Session 8: Modeling the Vulnerability of Potential Targets of Terrorism
  • Session 8 – Power Point
  • Session 8 – Handout
• Session 9: Modeling Wind Hazards (See Note*)
  • Session 9: Power Point
• Session 10: Hurricane Storm Surge Modeling and Analysis
  • Session 10 – Power Point
  • Session 10 – Reading-Land falling Tropical Cyclones
  • Session 10 – Reading-The HRD real-time hurricane wind analysis system
• Session 11: Modeling Dispersion of Chemical Hazards, using ALOHA
  • Session 11 – Power Point
  • Session 11 – Handout 11-1
  • Session 11 – Handout 11-2
• Session 12: Supporting Emergency Recovery Operations (Debris Management)
  • Session 12: Power Point
• Session 13: Supporting Emergency Recovery Operations Using GIS and Modeling
  • Session 13 – Power Point
  • Session 13 – Handout-2005 LA Hurricane Impact Atlas
  • Session 13 – Handout-Aftermath Hurricane Katrina –New Orleans
• Session 14: Utilizing Mapping and Modeling in Hazard Mitigation Planning and Land Use
  • Session 14 – Power Point 1-Mitigation
  • Session 14 - Power Point 2-Mitigation
  • Session 14 - Power Point 3-Mitigation
  • Session 14 - Power Point 4-Mitigation
  • Session 14 – Handout Case Study 1
  • Session 14 – Handout Case Study 2
  • Session 14 – Handout Case Study 3
• Session 15: Geographic Connection in Hazards
  • Session 15 – Power Point 1
  • Session 15 – Power Point 2
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• Session 16: Distribution of Geospatial Data in the Public Environment
  • Session 16 – Power Point
• Session 17: Legal Issues in Utilizing Hazard Models and Mapping
  • Session 17 – Power Point

*Note – Session 9 is available in draft form only.  All other sessions are complete and final.