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Enschede

The Netherlandswww.itc.nl

Photo: Gerard Kuster

Photo: Gerard Kuster

Sabine Maresch, M.A.

Sr. project officer Marketing and

Project Services

maresch@itc.nl

Dr. Marleen Noomen

Lecturer at Department of Earth

Systems Analysis

noomen@itc.nl

Dimo Todorovski, MSc,

President of MHHA

dtodorovski@yahoo.co.uk

www.itc.nl

Photo: Gerard Kuster

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

Photo: `Gerard Kuster

Photo: `Gerard Kuster

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