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COURSE COORDINATOR
Rafi Ahmad
OFFICE
Geography Geology
Dept.
OFFICE HOURS
Open door Policy
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| Important
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1. Natural Hazards Course aims at
scientific understanding of natural hazards, applying
this knowledge to improve the state of preparedness and
reducing the vulnerability of peoples in the case of natural
disasters. Some of you may have an opportunity to undertake
scientific research on natural hazards that may guide
the decision making process on human safety and land use.
Society will trust scientific recommendations and therefore
it is incumbent upon scientists to be guided by the ethical
scientific conduct in their professional careers.
Recommend reading: National Academy of Sciences, On Being A
Scientist Responsible Conduct In Research: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/ascii.txt
2. We must use maps of all sorts, aerial photographs for
stereo-viewing, and remote sensing imagery to understand,
investigate, record, communicate, and monitor landforms
and Earth processes. Ability to use and manipulate GIS
requires a good understanding of topographic maps. In
addition, GPS data greatly facilitate the scientific
enquiry on natural hazards. A number of texts are available
on these subjects. We have included exercises in the
course to develop a proficiency in the use of maps and
aerial photographs. However, understanding this part
of the course should become easier if, as a background
to the course, it were possible for you to read Sections
I and II in the following text which is available in
the UWI Science Library and also in the UWI Bookshop.
Also this text introduces statistical treatment of data
on natural hazards: Duncan Foley and others, Investigations
in Environmental Geology, Prentice Hall.
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Exercises/Fieldwork/ Project Work |
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Lab. Exercises/Fieldwork/ Project
Work are marked and contribute 40% marks towards the final
course grade as coursework marks. It is therefore important
that all course work is neatly presented and submitted in
a folder. Please note that all the work to be evaluated is
marked as “To submit”.
Important: SEE Project Link above FOR INFORMATION
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| Requirements |
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All the participants are expected
to have the following equipment as their personal kit:
Floppies, assorted lead pencils with a very fine point
, coloured pencils/ coloured markers with fine tips, eraser,
30cm ruler, protractor, compass, triangles, pair of scissors,
cello-tape, magnifying lens, folders to submit assignments,
and a stapler.
For fieldwork you will need sturdy walking shoes, water
bottle, sun hat, umbrella/raincoat, field bag, clip board,
camera, and a field bag.
5. YOU ARE INVITED TO DISCUSS ALL THE STUDY PROBLEMS
WITH YOUR TUTORS.
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