Duration
24h Th, 1d FW
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
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
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
- 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 IV:
- Overview of different types of flooding
- Spatial variation of extreme rainfall amounts. Intensity duration frequency curves.
- Flash floods in Wallonia and Western Europe. Parameters favouring runoff and techniques for protection against this type of flooding.
- Extreme hydrological phenomena. The link with climate change and anthropic pressures.
- Mapping of flooded areas.
- Field days related to flood risk
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Notion on the mechanics of landslide and volcanic eruptions and knowledge use for understanting scientific publications and for a summarized oral presentation
- Understanding of landslide and volcanic risk/hazard through courses and personal work
- Understanding hazard, risk and vulnerability through the course and the different oral presentation of the students.
- Understanding of the seismic process and its various expressions on Earth, mastering the understanding of a given earthquake through personal work
- Bibliographic synthesis with written and oral personal work, SIG work
- Capability for geomorphological mapping of flood zones at the local scale.
- Capacity to analyse field data and geomorphological interpretation, to write a synthesis report based on field data and to make an oral presentation of the results.
- Understanding of the mechanisms and factors that can promote and aggravate floods.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Chapters I and II: Personal work on a recent earthquake and presentations combining different publications on this earthquake, providing the class with a comprehensive view on how to approach and study earthquakes, determine the hazard, risk, damage, and interventions.
A multiple-choice quiz will also be given to assess mastery of the basic material.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège
Further information:
Chapter I: podcast and PTT
Chapter II: PowerPoint files provided on MyULiège
Chapter III:
Chapter IV: PowerPoint files provided on MyULiège
Written work / report
Other : Oral presentations and QCM
Further information:
Written work / report
Other : oral presentation
Additional information:
Each professor will separately evaluate their part. An average will be calculated from the three evaluations.
Chapters I to II:
- Multiple-choice quiz
- Oral presentation
Chapitre IV :
- A written report on the topic of flood zone mapping (20%) and an oral presentation (in groups of 2-3) on a topic related to flooding in different climatic contexts (20%)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Part I to II: Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari; aurelia.ferrari@uliege.be
Part III: Hans-Balder Havennith; HB.Havenith@uliege.be
Part IV : Geoffrey Houbrechts - G.Houbrechts@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
Derniere Partie Risque Sismique
DernierePartieRisqueSismique
PDF Cours Introduction Concepts
PDF Cours Introduction Concepts
PDF Cours Risque sismique et vidéos
PDF Cours Risque sismique et vidéos
Cours Risques Naturels Partim 1
3 partim