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| Monday
JUNE 21 |
(see Projects
Link above for information on project work):
9.00 a.m.: Lab 4, ground level:
Introduction to the programme: Rafi Ahmad.
Visit Dept. of Geography and Geology; Academic Coordinator-
Mrs. Anne Lyew-Ayee (anne.lyewayee@uwimona.edu.jm
) for online registration; Offices (Level 3: Miss
Pauline Thomas, Mrs. Verdine Stephenson; Miss Denese
Francis; Level 2: Geography & Geology Reception:
Mrs. Nadene Sherlock-Marshall- for general help.
Map room: Miss Liana Coggins, Curator, for your
map needs.
9.15 a.m. to 10.15 a.m.: Tour of
the UWI Science Library and CARDIN. Library Books
are issued on producing a valid UWI- ID. Photocopiers
and computers are available
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10.15 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.: Computer
room, Level 4: Mr. Leo Notice leonard.notice@uwimona.edu.jm
, Technical in-charge Computer Room, will assign
a computer and explain the working of the facility.
2.00-3.00 p.m.
Lecture # 1. An overview of natural hazards and
disasters in the Caribbean:
Mr. Franklyn McDonald, Engineering Geologist, Jamaica.
Reference: Preface in "Primer" http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/unit/oea66e/begin.htm
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| Tuesday JUNE
22 |
9.30
to 12.30 p.m Lab. Session #1: Use of GIS
in the study of natural hazards.
P.Lyew-Ayee Jr., Department of Geography, Oxford
University, UK.
Reference: UDS homepage see PP presentation by P.
Lyew-Ayee Jr.
http://www.geocities.com/panda_inc/Geohazards.htm;
Chapter 5 in Primer.
2.00 to 5.00 p.m.Lab. Session #
2. Use of GIS in the study of natural hazards.
P.Lyew-Ayee Jr., Department of Geography, Oxford University |
| Wednesday
JUNE 23 |
9.30
to 10.30 a.m. Lecture # 2. What are natural
hazards? Rafi Ahmad.
Reference: Chapter1- "Primer": http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/unit/oea66e/begin.htm
11. 00 to 12.00 noon. Lecture #
3. Basic concepts of plate tectonics as relevant
to the study of natural hazards.
Rafi Ahmad. Reference: Chapter 1-Active Tectonics
by Keller and Pinter.
1.30 to 5.00 p.m.
Lab. Session # 3. Use of topographic maps in the study
of natural hazards- field exercise in the Hope River Valley.
R. Ahmad, R. Abbott. Submit report |
| Thursday
JUNE 24 |
9.30 to 10.30 a.m. Lecture # 4. Plate tectonics and active
processes in the Caribbean. Rafi Ahmad.
11.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon Lecture
# 5. Earth Materials- rock cycle- minerals, rocks,
and soil. Prof. Rick Abbott, Appalachian State
University, USA.
2.00 to 5.00 p.m. Lab. Session
# 4. Introduction to interpretation of vertical
aerial photographs and their use in the study
of natural hazards- Harbour View area.
Rafi Ahmad, Rick Abbott. Submit a report.
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| Friday JUNE
25 |
9.30
a.m. to 10.30 a.m. Lecture# 6: Geotechnical
investigations in the study of natural hazards-I.
Mr. Andrew Irvine, Department of Geography and
Geology, UWI, Mona, and A DE B Consultants Ltd.,
Kingston.
11.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon. Lecture
# 7. Geotechnical investigations in the study
of natural hazards-II. Mr. Andrew Irvine.
2.00 to 3.00 p.m. Lecture #8 Coastal
processes and hazards. Prof. Edward Robinson,
Department of Geography and Geology, UWI, Mona.
3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Lecture
#9 Coastal Hazards- erosion, storm surge, tsunami,
sea-level change. Prof. Edward Robinson.
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