Land-Water Risk Assessment and Management Methods
Many environmental risks and societal concerns are directly related to the way we manage land and the water resources.
The course involves the integrated assessment of natural and anthropogenic flows of water, nutrients, pollutants and other biogeochemical substances that are important for management of the environment and natural resources. It includes principles and methods for quantifying and handling uncertainty, probability and risk, as well as ecological economics. The course focus is on land and water systems, but the principles and methods are generally applicable and useful in different earth and environmental science contexts and applications.
The course is part of Master's Programme in Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Water Resources but can also be read as a separate course.
Planned teaching (methods) for the course, linked to Covid-19 and the Swedish Public Health Agency's recommendations, will be presented at the Department's website on February 28
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Course structure
The course includes:
- methods for integrated water resources and environmental management
- International environmental legislation for integrated water resources and environmental management
- ecological economics and its application to water resources and environmental management
- assessment and management of uncertainty, probability and risk in water systems
Modules
- Water Resources Management, 7.5 credits
- Pollutant Transport and Environmental Management, 7.5 credits
Water Resources Management
This unit includes problem solving of cases dealing with water resources based on examples from research articles. The course also covers ecological economics applied to the water resources management.Pollutant Transport and Environmental Management
This unit includes the modeling of mass flows of pollutants in hydrological basins. The course also covers European environmental legislation dealing with water-borne pollution.Teaching format
The education consists of lectures, seminars, exercises, project work and presentations.
Assessment
For details see syllabus.
Examiner
Fernando Jaramillo
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Schedule
The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course. -
Course literature
Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.
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Meet us
Meet our teachers
Course responsible Fernando Jaramillo
Mattias Winterdahl
Imenne ÅhlénMeet our researchers
We investigate natural processes and anthropogenic effects and their variability and change in water, land and permafrost environments.
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Contact
Registration is normally done at the beginning of each semester.
Student office
Kerstin Hörnby
E-post: kerstin.hornby@natgeo.su.seStudy counsellor
Maria Damberg
E-mail: maria.damberg@natgeo.su.seCourse responsible
Fernado Jaramillo
