The course aims at equipping students with relevant GIS practical skills, which are indispensable in understanding disaster and development issues. It is an advanced course that incorporates the theoretical and practical applications of the GIS tools in development studies. Further, the course builds on the foundation set in DG109 – Introduction to Geographic Information Systems course for the applications of GIS including data capture, organisation/management, analysis and modelling, and visualisation. The course seeks to equip students with relevant geo-technical hands-on skills to produce and use a map as an indispensable geographical tool in development concerns.