CUI Shama Munir - ITC Wah
UNESCO
Water Chair CIIT-Wah participated in UNESCO sponsored short course on
RS/GIS Applications in Flood Management. The objective of the capacity
building and training program was to enhance and strengthen the
capacities of organizations dealing with early warning and flood
management in Pakistan in utilizing geo-information, and applying
spatial tools and techniques to support flood management. More
specifically, the course aims to introduce the topic of GIS and remote
sensing with practical applications and familiarize them with GIS and RS
data management skills and knowledge for flood management. The key
objectives of the short course were to introduce the participants to the
concepts, approaches and framework of remote sensing and geographic
information system (GIS), to familiarize and demonstrate the techniques
used in geographic information system for flood management and to
inculcate the issues and framework of remote sensing and GIS techniques
for flood management in Pakistan.
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