From 18 to 23 September 2014, the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information on Disaster Management and EmergencyResponse (UN-Spider) and the National Disaster Reduction Centre of China (NDRCC) held a training course on space-based applications for use in disaster risk reduction in Beijing, China.
Multi‐hazard disaster Risk Mapping using space technology
Experts from UN-SPIDER, NDRCC, and Beijing Normal University.
25 participants took part in the course: Mid-level managers and technical staff of agencies involved in disaster management and hazard mapping, disaster related education, infrastructure development, disaster forecasting and warning provider, disaster response, natural resource management. Participants came both from member countries of APSCO (Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization) and country partners of UN‐SPIDER.
The training course in space-based applications for use in disaster risk reduction was held in Beijing, China, from 18 to 23 September 2014. The course immediately followed the United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management: Multi-hazard Disaster Risk Assessment held in Beijing and was organized jointly with the National Disaster Reduction Centre of China (NDRCC). A total of 22 participants from 17 countries from Asia and the Pacific and from Africa attended the training programme.
The training course was taught by experts from UN-SPIDER, NDRCC, and Beijing Normal University and included theoretical lectures and hands-on exercises on the following topics:
