Water Management
Code
10379
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
João Pedro Salgueiro Gomes Ferreira
Weekly hours
5
Total hours
70
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
Objectives and Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to provide students with the necessary foundation for managing aquatic systems, which comprises:
The main physical, chemical and biological processes that determine the distribution of substances in surface waters;
The technical tools that are used to study and manage coastal waters, transitional, lakes, reservoirs and rivers. These techniques include field studies, laboratory experiments, databases and geographical information systems, and mathematical models;
The existing legal instruments in the European Union and the United States, and the mechanisms for their implementation.
The aim of this course is to provide students with the necessary foundation for managing aquatic systems, which comprises:
The main physical, chemical and biological processes that determine the distribution of substances in surface waters;
The technical tools that are used to study and manage coastal waters, transitional, lakes, reservoirs and rivers. These techniques include field studies, laboratory experiments, databases and geographical information systems, and mathematical models;
The existing legal instruments in the European Union and the United States, and the mechanisms for their implementation.
After successfully completing this course, a student will be able to:
Analyze and interpret a water quality dataset;
Participate in the planning of integrated management studies aquatic systems;
Apply models of moderate complexity and develop simple models
Prerequisites
Subject matter
Introduction and general definitions, Water resources, Study techniques, Mechanisms, Legal framework and technical interpretation, Case studies
Bibliography
Day, J.W., Hall, C., Kemp, M. and Yanez-Arancibia, A. - Estuarine Ecology. John Wiley and Sons, 1989.
Lencastre, A. e F.M. Franco, 2003, Lições de Hidrologia, FCT-UNL.
Loucks, D. P. and E. van Beek, Water Resources Systems Planning and
Management, UNESCO, Paris, 2005
Mann, K.H., and Lazier, J.R.N. - Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems. Blackwell, 1991.
Parsons, T.R., Takahashi, M., and Hargrave, B. - Biological Oceanographic Processes (3rd. Ed.). Pergamon Press, 1984.
Pickard, G.L. and Emery - Descriptive Physical Oceanography. An Introduction. Pergamon, 1990.
Valiela, I. - Marine Ecological Processes (2nd Ed.) Springer-Verlag, 1995
Specialist journals as detailed on http://www.gesaq.org
Teaching method
Lectures, tutorials and practical work
Evaluation method
Coursework (80%) and final exam (20%)