GE4-306 Natural hazards in spatial planning

Knowledge:

The student has knowledge about:

• driving and triggering factors of natural hazards and how they interplay
• process development and propagation of hazardous events
• how climate change can affect the frequency and magnitude of natural hazards
• how natural hazards can affect infrastructure and people

Skills:

The student will able to:

• understand the content of reports and articles dealing with natural hazards.
• conduct basic assessments of the danger and extent of potential events, based on the analysis of maps, databases, available reports and numerical models

General competence:

The student can:

• communicate with decision-makers and the general public about natural hazards
• identify and specify potential hazard zones that should be assessed by specialists (e.g. geologists) before spatial plans are implemented

Lessons, assignments, project work and excursions.

Excursions:

- Field trips to different locations in western Norway, where students investigate unstable/slide-prone slopes, morphological landslide features and flood damage

Individual 4 hrs written exam

Grading A-F

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• Approved reports from 3 written assignments
• 1 approved digital test
• Attendance of 3 field excursions and approved associated field reports
• Project work and approved oral presentation of the project

The project consists of a case study of an area potentially subjected to one or more types of natural hazards. Students work together in groups of 2-4. The following should be presented from the project: Description of the research question, geographic and geological framework of the area, hazard history derived from existing maps, databases and available reports, field observations, a hazard and risk evaluation and suggested mitigation measures.