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Home Activities Members Courses Research Links Contact	Courses Water Resources and Environment Systems Analysis (9th semester - faculty of civil engineering) Part I: introduction, investment and return, environmental sustainability and management. Expressing elements of water resources and environment systems in mathematical terms. Principles of mathematical analysis: linear-dynamic-nonlinear programming, hierarchical analysis, multi-stochastic and stochastic programming, input/output analysis, elements of statistics. Databases, use of G.I.S. and Internet. Part II: optimization applications with examples on managing environmental quality (pollutants, atmosphere, ground, waters), ecosystems, water resources and coastal environment, waste and toxic waste, environmental impact and sustainability. Optimal design of hydraulic and environmental works (dam, energy generating plant, water supply and sewerage, biological waste treatment and residues, irrigation and drainage works). Time programming of construction works and optimal resource management. Project on theory application. Lecture notes / Presentations Environmental Impacts from Water Resources Works & Actions (Post graduate - Water resources science & technology) The course (13 lectures/52 hours) provides theory and mathematical estimation methods/models (exclusively) targeted to the estimation of the environmental impacts from water resources works & actions. It is structured in four sessions: (1) Introduction (2 lectures): Concept & modeling/quantification of impacts, legislation & directives, pollutant emissions & environmental processes from water resources works & actions, standards, procedures, estimation methods & models for impacts estimation, impacts mitigation, environmental indices, risk analysis, sustainability, life cycle assessment, systems optimization, environmental monitoring. (2) Environmental Matrix (4 lectures): Environment-, economic-, social-, administrative-pillars of the environment; environmental themes, sub-themes, parameters; input/output analysis & environmental econometrics; atmospheric-, land & soil-, water- and biotic environments; ecosystems & biodiversity; energy & global warming. (3) Impacts from works & actions (6 lectures): Impacts from reservoir/dam, water supply, sewerage system, treatment plant, waste & recovery facility, agriculture- irrigation- and drainage system, transport & road network, forest/wildland fire. (4) Additional knowledge (1-2 lectures): Geoinformation, GIS, remote sensing, databases. Prerequisites: English literature, knowledge in basic environmental sciences & technologies, good knowledge in math & computer sciences, easiness in the use of software technologies. Lecture Notes Presentations ----------------------------------------------------------- © 2010 All rights reserved.

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Water Resources and Environment Systems Analysis
(9th semester - faculty of civil engineering)

Part I: introduction, investment and return, environmental sustainability and management. Expressing elements of water resources and environment systems in mathematical terms. Principles of mathematical analysis: linear-dynamic-nonlinear programming, hierarchical analysis, multi-stochastic and stochastic programming, input/output analysis, elements of statistics. Databases, use of G.I.S. and Internet.

Part II: optimization applications with examples on managing environmental quality (pollutants, atmosphere, ground, waters), ecosystems, water resources and coastal environment, waste and toxic waste, environmental impact and sustainability. Optimal design of hydraulic and environmental works (dam, energy generating plant, water supply and sewerage, biological waste treatment and residues, irrigation and drainage works). Time programming of construction works and optimal resource management. Project on theory application.

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Environmental Impacts from Water Resources Works & Actions
(Post graduate - Water resources science & technology)

The course (13 lectures/52 hours) provides theory and mathematical estimation methods/models (exclusively) targeted to the estimation of the environmental impacts from water resources works & actions. It is structured in four sessions: (1) Introduction (2 lectures): Concept & modeling/quantification of impacts, legislation & directives, pollutant emissions & environmental processes from water resources works & actions, standards, procedures, estimation methods & models for impacts estimation, impacts mitigation, environmental indices, risk analysis, sustainability, life cycle assessment, systems optimization, environmental monitoring. (2) Environmental Matrix (4 lectures): Environment-, economic-, social-, administrative-pillars of the environment; environmental themes, sub-themes, parameters; input/output analysis & environmental econometrics; atmospheric-, land & soil-, water- and biotic environments; ecosystems & biodiversity; energy & global warming. (3) Impacts from works & actions (6 lectures): Impacts from reservoir/dam, water supply, sewerage system, treatment plant, waste & recovery facility, agriculture- irrigation- and drainage system, transport & road network, forest/wildland fire. (4) Additional knowledge (1-2 lectures): Geoinformation, GIS, remote sensing, databases. Prerequisites: English literature, knowledge in basic environmental sciences & technologies, good knowledge in math & computer sciences, easiness in the use of software technologies.

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