AFY 552 - Emergency Management Technology

Course Objectives

To enlighten the students about the current and developing technologies which are used in emergency management
? To emphasize the role and applications of related technologies in the preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery phases of emergency management
? To understand the problems and issues which require the use of technology in emergency management
? To discover the existing problems in the use of technology in emergency management

Course Description

Emergency management course includes database introduction, remote sensing basics and different applications, GPS basics and applications, introduction to GIS and applications in emergency management, Turkish disaster management information system, decision support systems, new Technologies and different emergency management applications.