Urban Resilience, Disasters and Data (ES99E-15)
Summary
This intensive module is aimed at introducing the topics of disaster risks and urban resilience with emphasis on the use of innovative digital technologies to gather and analyse urban data for improving disaster resilience. It approaches, theoretically and practically, the main issues involved in disaster resilience and the way in which social media, mobile technologies and the web 2.0 are related to our collective experience of disasters and crisis events. By means of a practical project and fieldwork conducted in the city of Coventry, students will learn how to collect urban data using open-source mobile data collection software (OpenDataKit), process and analyse this data with Geographic Information Systems (QGIS) and produce interactive digital maps to visualise urban aspects related to disaster resilience.
Module aims
This intensive module is aimed at introducing the topics of disaster risks and urban resilience with emphasis on the use of innovative digital technologies to gather and analyse urban data for improving disaster resilience. It approaches, theoretically and practically, the the main concepts and practices surrounding disaster and communtity resilience and the way in which new technologies such as social media, Volunteered Geographic Information and the web 2.0 relate to our collective experience of disasters and crisis events. By means of a practical project and field work conducted within the city of Coventry and in collaboration with representatives of the local authorities, students will learn how to use physical maps to familiarise themselves with the built environment (FieldPapers), collect urban data using open-source mobile data collection software (i.e. OpenDataKit, KoboToolbox), process and analyse this data with Geographic Information Systems (QGIS) and produce interactive digital maps to visualise characteristics of the urban environments and conceptualise their potential role in unfolding disasters.
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"Filling the gaps of our urban knowledge: can crowd mapping and citizen participation tackle the challenges of urban resilience?"
- Dr João Porto de Albuquerque