290020 VO Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Catastrophes Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2022S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 200 participants

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 01.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 08.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 15.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 22.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 29.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 05.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 26.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 03.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 10.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 17.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 24.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 31.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 14.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 21.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32
Tuesday 28.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture series aims to provide knowledge on different in-depth aspectes of natural hazards, vulnerability and disasters. Different reputated national and international experts are invited and will give the respective presentation in German or English. The different enquiries are on-going - as soon as the final program is fixed, it will be published on moddle (end of Feb. latest). The experts will present their individual topics in aprox. 45-60 minutes presentations and are then available for a discussion for another 30 minutes.

Update 07.08.2024:

Speakers and lecture topics:
01.03.2022 Thomas GLADE, Kerstin KRELLENBERG
Natural hazards, vulnerability and disasters - background and strategies

08.03.2022 Ilan KELMAN
Animals and disasters

15.03.2022 Ebrahim MOGHIMI
Natural hazards and international peace

22.03.2022 Hanns MOSHAMMER
Risk assessments and health effects of air pollutants and noise

29.03.2022 Sabine KRAUSHAAR
Risk management in the 21st century - nature-based solutions in natural hazard prevention

05.04.2022 Hans STÖTTER
Natural hazard, risk, climate change

26.04.2022 Markus STOFFEL
The role of proxy records for determining historic natural hazards

03.05.2022 Andreas M. BOCK
Communicative Dynamics of Political Crisis

10.05.2022 Arthur KANONIER
Natural hazards and the role of spatial development and planning

17.05.2022 Maria PAPATHOMA-KÖHLE
Wildfire risk in the WUI (Wildland Urban Interface)

24.05.2022 Alexander MÜRMANN
Risk Management of Disasters: The Boundary of Insurability and the Role of Public-Private-Partnerships

31.05.2022 James GOFF
In search of ancient Pacific tsunamis

14.06.2022 Christian ROHR
Flood cultures in the Austrian Danube region in the Middle Ages and modern times

28.06.2022 Thomas GLADE, Kerstin KRELLENBERG
Summary, conclusion, reflection

Assessment and permitted materials

The online exam will contain multiple-choice and open questions. All questions are in german and there will be at minimum one question per lecture. The responses can be in German or English.

Besides the respective overheads of each lecture, additional thematic material will be provided on moodle.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

It is highly recommended to pareticipate in all lectures. If a lecture will be recorded dependents on each lecturer - therefore, please do not expect the recorded lecture.

The individual point and evaluation key will be provided before the exam.

Examination topics

Basically, all questions can be answered from the overheads. However, comprehension questions can surely be answered more easily when having attended each lecture.

Reading list

Siehe die Angaben am Ende auf den jeweiligen Foliensätzen.

Association in the course directory

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Last modified: Tu 27.08.2024 00:20