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Students will learn fundamental concepts and widely-used methodologies for assessing hazard, social vulnerability, and community resilience using geospatial analysis techniques. The course covers topics such as natural hazards, COVID-19, and multi-hazard...

This course is a workshop for students who have taken the introductory Geographical Information Systems course and want to explore detailed applications. The course will meet two times a week for a lecture and a laboratory exercise. Course Catalog Listing...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a map must be worth two thousand words. Thoughtfully designed maps have the ability to capture spatial relationships and bring patterns of social phenomena across geographies to life. In this course, we will learn...

From Mexico to India, San Francisco to Tokyo, natural disasters have shaped both the surface of our planet and the development of civilizations. These catastrophes claim thousands of lives and cause tens of billions of dollars in damage each year, and the...

Harvard's Map of Inclusive Symbols and Spaces (MISS) was unveiled on June 6th, 2023 at the Harvard IT Summit. The map was made posssible by a CLIF grant and is sponsored by Harvard’s Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Harvard Business...

In this course, students will learn fundamental concepts and widely used methodologies for assessment of hazard vulnerability and social vulnerability using geospatial data and analysis techniques. They will benefit from themed lectures on hazards...

This Advanced GIS Workshop teaches more sophisticated concepts in GIS analysis, techniques for the planning, automation and reproducibility of GIS workflows, and strategies for communicating results broadly. Students will practice a range of technical...

From Mexico to India, San Francisco to Tokyo, natural disasters have shaped both the surface of our planet and the development of civilizations. These catastrophes claim thousands of lives and cause tens of billions of dollars in damage each year, and the...

An introduction to the GIS and remote sensing methods used by archaeologists to document and analyze datasets at the scale of the site and the region. This class will involve the hands-on use of printed maps, aerial photography, satellite imagery, digital...

This courses teaches the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a collection of hardware and software tools that allow users to visualize and analyze geographic data in its spatial configuration. Students will learn the theory of geospatial analysis...