E-COURSE ON VULNERABILITY ATLAS

Aug. 30, 2019

Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs launched an e-Course on Vulnerability Atlas of India.

About: 

  • The objective of the course is to create awareness and understanding about natural hazards and help in identification of regions with high vulnerability such as earthquakes, and landslides.

  • The e-course would be a tool for effective and efficient disaster mitigation and management in the field of architecture, civil engineering, urban and regional planning, housing and infrastructure planning, construction engineering.

  • The course would be offered by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs in collaboration with School of Planning & Architecture (SPA), New Delhi and Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC).

Source : The Hindu