Duration
20h Th, 2d FW
Number of credits
| Master in geography : general (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The courses is divided in two:
- Part I focuses on landslide and volcanic risk (10h Th) with Prof. A. Hubert-Ferrari
- Part II focuses on seismic risk (10h Th) with Prof. A. Demoulin
* Risk- Hazard-Vulnerability: Risk study and dangerous evnts (definition and characteristics), history of dangerous events, magnitude-frequency relation, Introduction to Risk: Elements-at-risk, Vulnerability, Hazard * Volcanic Hazard: Generality (risk/hazard, active volcano, frequency, eruption duration, size, impact, cost), basic knowledge about volcanoes and eruptions (structure, relief, why volcanics eruption occur ?, origine of volcanism, lava, magma, volatile), direct volcanic risk around active volcano, indirect volcanic risk, prediction methods and goals of the evaluation of volcanic risk and hazard * Landslide Hazard with in chapter 1: mouvement de masse subaérien (definition, type of mass movements, geometry, distribution, mapping, dynamics of mass movement, factors controling mass movements, monotoring), chapter 2 : Landslide hazard (impact, risk analysis components, Landslide susceptibility analysis)
Part II:
- A few basic definitions in mechanics
- The seismic process: stick-slip mechanism, rupture propagation, seismic cycle, strong earthquakes and aseismic fault creep as end members of a continuum
- Measuring earthquakes: seismic waves, magnitude and macroseismic intensity, focal mechanism
- Effects of earthquakes: on-fault, direct (including site effects), indirect (landslides, liquefaction, city burning)
- Seismic hazard assessment: basics of paleoseismology, hazard modelling, attenuation, PGA maps
- The seismicity of Belgium and NW Europe
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Notion on the mechanics of landslide and volcanic eruptions
- Understanding of landslide and volcanic risk/hazard
- Understanding of landslide susceptibility maps
- Understanding of the seismic process and its various expressions on Earth, ability to recognize the meaning of magnitude values, to build and interpret focal mechanisms, to elaborate a paleoseismological research project
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Part I (10h):
Virtual Course with podcasts and feed-back on Lifesize
Perosnal work sur base d'articles scientifiques
Part II:
ex cathedra course (in room)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Part I: virtual
part II: face mask mandatory
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Part I: A formal schedule will be organized with the students with maximum 2 chapters per week, and a virtual meeting at the end of the listening by the student of every podcast chapter
Part II: see above
Recommended or required readings
Part I: podcast
Part II:
required: lecture notes and PowerPoint files provided on MyULiège
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
Part I :
- 50% sur un podcast (présentation orale) on landslides from litterature
- 50% on a written report on volcanic hazard and risk on a given active volcano
oral examination (written in the June session if more than 5 students) - if sanitory disorder persists, remote oral examination (LifeSize)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Part I: aurelia.ferrari@uliege.be
Part II: Alain Demoulin - ademoulin@uliege.be - tel 04.3665660
Items online
Articles_Risques Naturels_Partim 1
Articles pour la présentation orale
Cours Risques Naturels Partim 1
3 partim