Leveraging GIS for disaster risk reduction (DRR)

Course Objective

Do you want to be involved with your city, county, or local Federal office planning that is in charge making your community safer? This class is for those that want to learn how GIS can proactively prepare communities for potential disasters.
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Hirable skills you’ll learn

  • Use ArcGIS Online
  • Gain insights from a domestic and international disaster risk professional
  • Get the exact steps to walk through the process for Disaster Risk Reduction planning
  • Define hazard profiles and delineate hazard areas for your community
  • Generate maps and communicate your GIS analysis
  • Advance your knowledge of risk to meaningful actions, making your community safer

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About your instructor

Since 1992 Nate Smith has worked at the confluence of geospatial information and disaster management in both the domestic and international domains. He has been a pioneer in this discipline though his work at USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, FEMA’s GIS Solutions Branch, and the DHS Geospatial Management Office. He draws on his field experience as an emergency first responder and international humanitarian. Nate has taught this course at a number of universities.  
Nate spends his free time playing, coaching or cheering on his kids at lacrosse throughout the Eastern half of the US. Beyond lacrosse, a perfect day includes hiking historical landscapes to better understand the past and connect with great events and those that lived through them.

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  • 6 project-based courses
  • Video workflows
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  • 4 career support meetings

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  • Enterprise GIS certificate
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  • 1:1 instructor web-meetings
  • Multimedia portfolio creation
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  • 6 project-based courses
  • Video workflows
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  • Geoexpert webinars
  • 4 career support meetings

Plus these exclusive features:

  • Enterprise GIS certificate
  • Professional network access
  • 1:1 instructor web-meetings
  • Multimedia portfolio creation
  • Connections to our partners
  • Career coaching
  • Career services dashboard
  • 6 months support

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  • On demand interview practice

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