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Enschede
The Netherlandswww.itc.nl
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Photo: Gerard Kuster
Sabine Maresch, M.A.
Sr. project officer Marketing and
Project Services
Dr. Marleen Noomen
Lecturer at Department of Earth
Systems Analysis
Dimo Todorovski, MSc,
President of MHHA
www.itc.nl
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Here we are...
The Netherlands
What’s ITC all about?
Mission:Development and transfer of knowledge in geo-information science and earth observation
Academic level:Postgraduate (PhD/MSc/Master/PG Diploma)
Target group:Young and mid-career professionals, and scientists from developing and emerging countries
FrameworkInternational development cooperation
1950 International Training Centre for Aerial Survey, ITC
1968 International Institute for Aerial Survey
and Earth Sciences, ITC
1985 International Institute for Aerospace Survey
and Earth Sciences, ITC
2002 International Institute for Geo-Information Science
and Earth Observation, ITC
2010 Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth
Observation, ITC of the University of Twente
ITC
Facilities
Well equipped building
Lecture rooms
MSc rooms
Auditorium
State-of-the-art computer facilities
Laboratory facilities
Restaurant
Library
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Lodging accommodation
Well furnished rooms or apartments
Student support
Student affairs office
Sports and social activities
Lifelong- e-mail accounts
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Geo-information application fields
Focus on tools and methods and on
application of these in:
urban planning
land administration
disaster management
strengthening civil society
water management
earth sciences
environmental management and biodiversity
food security
Education at ITC
A multicultural environment
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Degree programme:
Master of Science 18 months
Master 12 months
Diploma programme:
Postgraduate diploma 9 months
Diploma 9 months
ITC’s programmes and duration
Language of instruction is English
Certificate programme:- Short courses
- Modules
- Tailor-made courses
- Distance courses
3, 6, 9 and 12 weeks
3 weeks
1 week – 8 months
6 weeks
Language of instruction is English
Entry levels
Programme Entry level:
MSc degree BSc
Master degree BSc
Postgraduate diploma BSc
Diploma Sec. school
Certificate courses BSc/Sec. school
Educational programme
Education structure
Block-1 (12 weeks)
Core lectures on GIS and RS in own application field
Block-2 (18 weeks)
main ‘identity’ of the course
Specialization in domain with project based education
Block-3 (15 weeks)
Research preparation and research themes
Advanced subjects related to MSc work
Block-4 (24 weeks)
MSc research
Own research
Each student finalizes his/her study
with a report or thesis
Distance education courses
Increasing no. of DE courses offered, 6 to
8 weeks, example of topics:
Principles of Remote Sensing
Principles of Geographic Information Systems
Principles of Databases
Multihazard risk assessment
Applied Geophysics
Etc….
Course participants 1950-2009 Origin of ITC students, excluding extramural
America 10%
Europe 15%
Africa 31%
Asia 43%
Australia
& Oceania 1%
Asia 8,683
Africa 6,237
Europe 3,066
(Balkan region 105)
America 2,089
Australia & Oceania 182
Total students 1950-2009: 20,327
Total countries 1950-2009: 175
Project services at ITC
Project services
Institutional development
Advisory services
Contract training
Contract research and development
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Example: Institutional building for natural
disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Georgia
Assist the Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources to enhance its capacity for effective DRR.
Project results: capacitated local staff; guidelines for risk assessment and incorporation of hazard and risk information into spatial planning and EIA/SEA; a national web-based risk atlas; case studies; a risk communication strategy
Funded by MATRA Programme of Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Total budget is 660,000 EURO. Three year program.
MATRA stands for Social Transformation Programme. General
aim: to support the transformation to a plural,
democratic society governed by the rule of law. It
supports activities that promote reform of the state and
its institutions, civil society organisations and the
connections between them.
MATRA is also open to Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia-
Hercegovina, Kosovo.
For more info on MATRA see:
www.minbuza.nl/en/Key_Topics/Matra_Programme
MATRA programme
Fellowships for the Balkan
Netherlands Fellowship Programme: http://www.nuffic.nl/nfp
European Union: Erasmus Mundus:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/ scholarships_students_academics_en.php
Joint Japan World Bank Scholarship Programme:
http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/
Fellowships for the Balkan
The Huygens Programme
http://www.nuffic.nl/home/redirect/huygens-scholarships-programme
NWO Rubicon Scholarships for PhD study:
http://www.nwo.nl/subsidiewijzer.nsf/pages/NWOP_6H2G7R_Eng
L'Oréal - Unesco for Women in Science: http://www.unesco.org/en/fellowships/l'oreal
More info at: http://www.nuffic.nl/international-students/scholarships/grantfinder
Fellowships for the Balkan
For NFP scholarship info, contact fellowship officers at the Dutch embassy in your country.
For Dutch embassy contact details per country see
http://www.mfa.nl/en/
Department of
Earth Systems Analysis
Earth Systems Analysis (ESA)
ESA provides and applies relevant geo-information for
an improved understanding of the Earth surface and subsurface processes in space and time,
for the sustainable use of Earth resources,
and for the mitigation of natural or man-made damage to our environment.
Structure of ESA department:
ESA department
Earth Systems
Sciences
Disaster
management
Subsurface processes:
Earth resource exploration
Environmental engineering
Geo-tectonics/geo-dynamics
Surface processes:
Slow disasters
Rapid disasters
Prof. Freek
van der MeerProf. Victor
Jetten
GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCERemote sensing & GIS
Duration Hrs.
96
0
DATA &
INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION
DATA
CO
LLEC
TIO
N
DATA COLLECTION
rice
rice
(soy-)beans
maize
groudnuts
sugarcane
Planting
Growing Period
Harvesting
Feb MarAug Sep Oct Nov Dec JanApr May Jun Jul
Tabular data
Satellite data
Aerial data
Digital maps
Field measurements
Internet GIS
DIS
SEM
INAT
ION
G I S
Internet GIS
Web portals
G I S ANALYSISModelling
Processing
Synthesis
Internet GIS
Geo-information science
Remote Sensing is the science or the technique of
deriving information about objects at the Earth surface
from images using (parts of) the electromagnetic
spectrum.
• We measure electromagnetic energy (light), reflected or emitted
• Non-destructive method, no physical contact
• Determine properties of objects over space and time
Definition of remote sensing
Remote Sensing
Target
Energy Source SatCom
Processing
Station Analysis
Application
Sensor
Application
Advantages of remote sensing
Possibility to determine the spatial
relation of objects to each other
It is possible to investigate areas that
are too remote for fieldwork
It saves time: data for large area with
little manpower
One dataset can be used by several
organizations for different applications
Disadvantages…
Obstructions (clouds, soil, vegetation)
Field checks still necessary for
validation
Well trained staff needed
Lack of software, hardware, good data…
From remote sensing to GIS
Remote sensing research
Image
Field observations
Laboratory facilities
SpectrometersMIDAC
PIMA
GER ASD Bruker
Laboratory facilities
Geophysical equipment: Resistivity
Electromagnetic equipment
(time/frequency domain)
Ground penetrating radar
Seismic equipment
Gamma ray spectrometer Geochemical laboratory
ICP OES
AAS
EARTH SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Examples of MSc and PhD research
Structure of ESA department:
ESA department
Earth Systems
Sciences
Disaster
management
Subsurface processes:
Earth resource exploration
Environmental engineering
Geo-tectonics/geo-dynamics
Surface processes:
Slow disasters
Rapid disasters
Earth resources: mineral exploration
Earth resources: mineral exploration
Earth resources: gas & oil
Three PhD studies on hydrocarbon
seepage
Effects of long term hydrocarbon seepage
Effects of gas seepage on soil
Effects of gas seepage on vegetation
Three MSc studies on detecting man-
made gas leakage as part of a project
Earth resources: gas & oil
Gas & oil resources can be natural or
man-made:
Hydrocarbon seepage
from underground gas
reservoir
1. 2. Leaking gas pipeline
Macroseepage - visible
Pipeline ‘sweating’ - invisible
Lab experiment
Field experiment
Natural situation
Fieldwork on natural
hydrocarbon seepages
Ventura Basin, USA
Probe-1 image
analysisSource: Google Earth
Combination spectral/spatial info
Seep
Gas pipeline leaking
21 km long pipeline, area of interest 1 km
4 fields covered with (long) grass
Connection points at every 9 m
Approx. 50% of connectors is sweating
Gas pipeline leaking
Multitemporal remote sensing
2005 2008 2005 - 2008
Imaging radar
ERS Synthetic Aperture Radar
Single band
Measures in range 1-100 cm
Determines surface backscatter
Differential SAR interferometry
LaionLandslide(Italy)
1st acquisition 2nd acquisition
R1 D R
T0 T0+DtTime Time
DInSAR allows to estimate ground
deformations with centimetric
accuracy (C-band SAR 5.8 cm
wavelength)
InSAR for detecting displacements
Bam (Iran) 26 Dec 2003 earthquake
Structure of ESA department:
ESA department
Earth Systems
Sciences
Disaster
management
Subsurface processes:
Earth resource exploration
Environmental engineering
Geo-tectonics/geo-dynamics
Surface processes:
Slow disasters
Rapid disasters
Disaster Management framework
Causes
Effects
Response
Hazards:Landslides, floods, earthquakes
Risk analysisVulnerability in urban and rural areas
Disaster mitigationDamage assessment, planning, awareness
HazardsErosion and desertification
Land degradationOnsite and off site effects
Prevention and mitigationSoil and water conservation
Rapid disasters Slow disasters
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Landslides: object oriented analysis
Inaccessible terrain
Recognize landslides
with high resolution
images: object oriented
analysis, image
segmentation, change
detection.
Problems with object
recognition and shadow
source: LISS IV image
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Modelling groundwater and instability
Simulatedmonthly GW levels
+ 7 m
+ 6 m
+ 5 m
+ 4 m
+ 3 m
+ 2 m
+ 1 m
0 m
Instability (red zones)
Source: De Jong, Van Beek, Van Asch, 2005
Geostatistics: estimation of soil depth
Soil depth is mass of potential sliding material
Estimate with different methods of
interpolation gives different results in the
final stability analysis
Spatial modelling of debris flows
Model: Santiago Begueria, Zaragoza University
Enrique Castellanos, IGP Cuba (PhD)
Jagüeyes landslide Cuba, 1963
Depth of moved material with
geo-electric sounding and seismic
refraction methods
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Erosion research
Morocco: OOA gully detection
and modelling
Cape Verde: rainfall
kinetic energy
Rwanda: nutrient losses and
erosion (food security)
PhD students at ESA
Staff at ESA