How do you use QGIS for climate adaptation? In this one-on-one course, you’ll learn how to import, visualize, and analyze climate data to map floods, droughts, and heat islands. Discover how to apply geospatial models and turn data into clear, actionable insights. With personalized guidance and hands-on assignments, you’ll apply these techniques directly to your GIS projects.
QGIS is a powerful and free GIS platform that allows you to analyze and visualize geodata. It plays an essential role in climate adaptation because it helps to reveal spatial patterns and climate data. This enables policymakers, urban planners, and environmental specialists to make smart and sustainable decisions.
With QGIS, you can easily combine and analyze large amounts of climate data to identify vulnerable areas. For example, you can map flood risks, detect urban heat islands, or predict which areas are vulnerable to drought. By utilizing geospatial models, QGIS provides valuable insights that help in developing effective climate strategies.
One of the greatest advantages of QGIS is its flexibility to combine different data sources. This allows you to create accurate maps and analyses that are directly applicable to spatial planning and policy-making. At a time when climate change is becoming increasingly urgent, it is essential to make data-driven decisions. QGIS makes this possible by transforming complex climate data into clear, visual insights that drive action.
In this course, you’ll discover how to use QGIS for climate adaptation and how geospatial analyses support sustainable urban development. You’ll start by creating a base map using open data, giving you a solid foundation for further analysis.
Next, you’ll learn how to analyze and visualize climate risks, such as flooding, drought, and heat islands in urban areas. By combining climate data with geospatial models, you’ll gain insight into vulnerable locations and potential solutions.
You’ll delve into flood analyses, using elevation data and hydrological models to predict how water spreads and which areas are most vulnerable. You’ll also conduct drought and heat analyses to map the effects of climate change on cities and develop strategies for cooling and greening.
To clearly communicate your analyses, you’ll use digital storytelling. You’ll learn how to convert complex GIS data into interactive maps and visual presentations, so that policymakers and urban planners can easily understand and apply the information.
With these skills, you’ll be able to better map climate impacts and develop effective measures for a sustainable living environment.
Blended learning combines flexible online learning with practical, interactive sessions. This means you not only gain theoretical knowledge about QGIS and climate adaptation but also learn directly how to apply this knowledge in practice. The online modules offer you the freedom to study at your own pace and cover topics such as climate risk analysis, spatial modeling, and geospatial data processing in QGIS.
During the hands-on online sessions, you’ll work with real climate data and apply your knowledge directly to urban and rural environments. You’ll be guided by experienced GIS specialists and learn to analyze, visualize, and use complex datasets for spatial decision-making. Through realistic case studies, you’ll discover how QGIS helps in developing climate-resilient urban plans.
The combination of independent online learning and interactive practical exercises ensures that you not only master the technical aspects of QGIS for climate adaptation but also understand how to apply these insights in real-world projects. Upon completion of the course, you will be able to effectively manage, analyze, and visualize climate data. These skills will enable you to make data-driven decisions and contribute to sustainable, climate-resilient cities.
You’ll receive 1-on-1 guidance. After signing up, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule your first session.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Do you have questions about the course content? Or are you unsure whether the course aligns with your learning goals or preferences? Would you prefer an in-house or private course? We’d be happy to help.
After the course, you’ll have another two weeks to ask the instructor questions. Since the instructor is already teaching other courses, it’s best to email your questions to info@geo-ict.nl. Your question will be forwarded to the instructor, and you’ll receive a response within 24 hours.
If you’re a bit further along and encounter practical problems you can’t solve on your own, it’s best to use Online Support. You’ll spend one day online with the instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.
If you run into problems in practice that you can’t solve on your own, you have two options: you can sign up for a beginner or advanced course, or you can sign up for Online Support.
You’ll spend a day online with an instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.
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All courses are taught in person. Course hours are from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Coffee, tea, lunch, and a laptop are provided.
Taking a course online is also possible, but we only offer hybrid courses in exceptional cases. If you wish to participate in a course online, please indicate this during registration—select “Online” as the location. If that is not possible, this course will only be offered on-site in Apeldoorn.
Yes, we do this regularly. Our instructor will come to your location and bring laptops for the participants. All you need to do is arrange a classroom at your location.
Please email your requirements to info@geo-ict.nl, and we will send you a quote. Once you’ve confirmed the order, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule the training days.
After each course, participants receive a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can share your feedback on what you liked and didn’t like about the course. We always do our very best, but of course, there may be times when you have a complaint. Click on “Complaints Procedure.” It explains what steps you can take. Geo-ICT Training Center, Netherlands is a member of the Dutch Council for Training and Education (NRTO).
After the course, we will email you a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can log in and fill out an evaluation form, and you can also download your certificate of participation.
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