It is our pleasure to invite all of you to attend or nominate to 8th International Course on GIS for Disaster Risk Management to be held from 7-18 May 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Asian Disaster Preparedness Center coordinate with AIT, ITC and UNITAR to conduct this course for enhancing potention on deal with the disaster that often occur.COURSE CONTENTS:The course is extended over 10 workdays structured around the following modules.MODULE 1: Core/Basic InformationBasic concepts and terminologies of disaster management Basic concepts of GIS and remote sensing Introduction to spatial information Handling spatial information (Introduction to ArcGIS)MODULE 2: Post-Disaster Impact and Damage Analysis The use of satellite imagery for disaster relief and recovery Impact analysis and preliminary damage assessment Building damage assessmentMODULE 3: Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment Hazard Assessment Elements at risk and vulnerability assessment Types and methods of risk assessment, risk evaluation, cost-benefit analysisMODULE 4: Risk Information for Risk Reduction PlanningRisk evaluation Visualization of risk information Risk information and spatial planningMODULE 5: Mini-Projects