International Training Workshop: Remote Sensing for Disaster Management

The International Training Workshop on Remote Sensing for Disaster Management is an intensive 2.5-day program held at NUST in Islamabad, Pakistan. Jointly organized by the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE-IGIS) at NUST and the China-Pakistan Joint Research Center (CPJRC), the workshop focuses on integrating satellite observation chains and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for emergency response, rapid flood mapping, and infrastructure loss assessment. Participants engage in 15 contact hours of lectures, computer lab exercises, and hands-on UAV fieldwork. The practical curriculum covers wide-area flood extent mapping using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery, open satellite archive access, flight planning under Pakistan's regulatory framework, photogrammetric processing, and post-disaster exposure quantification. Designed for disaster monitoring professionals, government staff, university faculty, researchers, and engineering students, this workshop arms attendees with practical, multi-scale workflows using accessible tools like Google Earth Engine and QGIS.