GIS Mapping and Spatial Analysis Application in Urban Planning Course

Modern urban planning is confronted with major challenges such as accelerated growth and land-use change, unplanned expansion and water supply management issues. Effective urban management decisions is supported by transparent evidence that can be transmitted to public stake-holders and it is critical. This course aims to give participants state-of-the-art remote sensing and GIS skills which will allow them to rise to the challenge of managing the rapidly changing urban environment. After refreshing basic knowledge of GIS and remote sensing, the course will focus on the use of opensource GIS and remote sensing in key areas of urban planning such as land-use change within cities, assessment of unplanned urban growth and the assessment of island heat effects. The course will also include the controlled use of drones in order to assess small scale structures and urban characteristics that cannot be seen from satellites. Furthermore, the course will pay particular attention to issues of water resource management, water pollution and strategic emplacements for water treatment facilities.

• Professionals, Researchers and scientists in government departments, academic institutions and research institutions involved in urban planning; senior government officials involved in urban planning or Smart City projects are especially welcome.

  - Student at all levels or Faculty from reputed academic institutions and technical institutions. They should clearly indicate on the registration form how this course would be useful for their present and future profession.

10 Days

The primary objectives of the course are as follows:

• Revise and Strengthen foundation concepts in Remote Sensing and GIS.
• Give participants a set of operational skills enabling them to support urban planning and management with remote sensing and GIS-based assessments.
• Instruct participants in state-of-the-art methods for land-use classification and land-use change detection.
• Teach participants to assess and quantify urban expansion, both planned and un-planned, with advanced remote sensing methods and declassified satellite imagery.

• Introduction to urban planing

• Foundations of GIS and Remote Sensing
  • Introduction to Geographic Information systems
  • Introduction to remote sensing
  • Introduction to Land-use classification with a focus on urban environments
• Remote Sensing of Urban Environments with low-cost drones and satellite data
  • Use of satellite technology for thermal remote sensing and temperature monitoring in urban environments
• Population growth modelling
• Land use demand and supply calculations
• Creation of suitability layers
• Location-allocation modelling
• Spatio-temporal modelling
• Creation of simulations and animations
• Sensitivity analysis and calibration of the models
• Reconstructing urban expansion and land-use change over decadal timescales
  • Monitoring and mitigating island heat effects with remote sensing
  • Introduction to Declassified Satellite Imagery    
  • Working with declassified data: registration and geometric corrections
  • Quantifying urban expansion land-use change for an epoch with mixed satellite data sources
  • Object-Oriented classification of urban landscapes with Corona data
• Working with Scenario 3D
• Applications; Introduction to Change Analyst, Statistical analysis using SPSS
• Use of GIS in transport planning
• Urban resilience and disaster management
  • Risk and vulnerability assessment to floods and other associated hazards
  • Mapping and managing water resources – pollutant sources to rivers

Methodology

This instructor led training course is delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with acertificate of participation.

The training is residential and will be held at the Livecode Technologies Training Center in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.

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The course fee is KES 130,000.00 or USD 2,000.00 exclusive of VAT. The course fees covers the course tuition, training materials, two (2) break refreshments, lunch and study visits. Participants will cater for their travel and accommodation costs.

Organizations who send more than three participants automatically qualify for a 10% discount.

Payment should be transferred to Livecode Technologies account through bank on or before the course commences.

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Payment for the all courses includes a registration fee, which is non-refundable, and equals 15% of the total sum of the course fee.

This scheduled course can also be tailored for your organization. To find out how our tailor-made training can help your organization, contact our team on:

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