Activity 7: Conducting hazard specific courses in universities

Ten courses have been organized at the national level for the CASITA II member universities. The courses delivered have helped to enhance the knowledge and built the capacity of young professionals, academics and students. The courses conduced are regional course on “Tsunami wave modelling & multi-temporal satellite image processing and analysis of the impact of the December 26^th event”, national courses on Urban Disaster mitigation course, Community Based Disaster Risk Management, Urban Disaster Risk Management, Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction, Damage and Loss Estimation for Recovery Planning. Further to the hazard specific courses, the target participants were also trained through the modules on the Use of GIS/RS for Coastal Hazard Studies, Application of High Resolution Imagery for Landslide Inventory, Hazard and Risk Assessment and Dynamic Modelling.

See workshop report < Activity 7 ReportTsunamiCourse >