Integrated Water Resources Management
Course Information:
| Course ID: | A-102 |
| Type of Course: | Required |
| Semester: | Fall |
| ΕCTS: | 9 |
Instructor: Professor N. Nikolaidis
Recommended Reading:
- Evrotas River Basin Management Plan.
- Koiliaris and Keritis River Basin Management Plan (2010).
- GR and EU Legislation - Supplementary material.
- A series of Journal Articles
- SWAT Model User's Manual.
- Water Management Plan of Crete and related studies
- Deliverables of Project Aquaman
Eclass:
- Registration required
Course objectives:
The objective of the course is to train graduate student to conduct integrated water resources management according to the water framework directive. The course entails lectures with the basic principles of water resources management, examples of specialized studies of water management, evaluation of the impacts of climate change, development and evaluation of program of measures and use of Nature Based Solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The course has 3 laboratories and 1 field visit at the Koiliaris River Critical Zone Observatory. The course will use the SWAT model for simulating surface and groundwater at the watershed level.
Syllabus:
| 1st Week | Introduction to water resources management, Global environmental challenges and introduction to observatory science |
| 2nd Week: | Special management plans for Koiliaris, Evrotas, Keritis and Municipality of Kandanos watersheds. |
| 3rd Week | Introduction to SWAT model - Water legislation. |
| 4th Week | Laboratory 1 - Application of SWAT. |
| 5th Week | Water management plan for the Region of Crete |
| 6th Week: | Field visit to Koiliaris CZO |
| 7th Week: | Impacts of Climate change and program of measures |
| 8th Week: | Laboratory 2 - Simulation of climate change scenarios using SWAT |
| 9th Week: | Ανάλυση DPSIR analysis at the watershed level and methodology for the prioritization of the program of measures |
| 10th Week: | Economic analysis of the program of measures |
| 11th Week: | Nature Based Solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation |
| 12th Week: | Laboratory 3 - Evaluation of the adaptation measures of climate change |
| 13th Week: | Project presentations |
Work Load:
One group project will be assigned for the whole semester with intermediate deliverables and presentations. The project will deal with the development of a special water resources management plan of a watershed.
Assessment method:
- Project presentation (30%)
- Project Report (70%)
Last modification:15-10-2018
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