Identifying Data 2023/24
Subject (*) Water, Sustainability and Common Good Code 632549001
Study programme
Máster Universitario en Xestión Sostible da Auga
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 1st four-month period
First Obligatory 3
Language
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Enxeñaría Civil
Coordinador
Álvarez-Campana Gallo, José Manuel
E-mail
j.alvarez-campana@udc.es
Lecturers
Álvarez-Campana Gallo, José Manuel
Puertas Agudo, Jeronimo
E-mail
j.alvarez-campana@udc.es
jeronimo.puertas@udc.es
Web
General description

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A1 CON1 Describe the principles, concepts, and dimensions that encompass integrated water resources management and its role as a key tool for achieving water security and advancing the associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Identify problems related to water development, use, and access. Identify and compare water legislation at the European, national, regional, and local levels, as well as interpret conceptual frameworks on sustainable development and their application to the water sector, with a specific focus on the SDGs. Provide tools to explain the economics of water. Enumerate aspects of public taxation that may be relevant in water management.
B1 HAB1 Use and compare water legislation and conceptual frameworks related to sustainable development. Operate with tools that allow estimating economic variables (macro and micro) related to water, and employ the tools to apply appropriate taxation and cost policies to water
C1 COM1 Validate, evaluate, and adapt water legislation for a specific situation. Synthesize the economic variables involved in a problem related to water management. Adapt conceptual frameworks, particularly the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to a specific problem

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
Comprender que el agua es un derecho humano. Entender y manejar el marco conceptual de los ODS. Entender y manejar el concepto de Gestión Integrada de los Recursos Hídricos Entender el concepto de Desarrollo Urbano Sensible al Agua AJ1
BJ1
CJ1

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1.- El agua como derecho humano. Los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (ODS) y la gestión del agua. -Presentación del marco conceptual ODS.
-Análisis de los Objetivos, Metas e Indicadores con relación con la gestión del agua.
-Análisis de la situación actual a nivel mundial y estatal. Retos para el futuro.

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Problem solving A1 2 4 6
Guest lecture / keynote speech A1 5 15 20
Workshop A1 B1 C1 20 5 25
Directed discussion A1 18 6 24
 
Personalized attention 0 0 0
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Problem solving Se proponen pequeños ejercicios que el alumnado analiza previamente. Se resuelven en clase en grupo. Se fomenta el debate.
Guest lecture / keynote speech Se presentan al alumnado los contenidos básicos y se fomenta el debate en clase. Se analizan ejemplos.
Workshop
Directed discussion

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Description


Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Guest lecture / keynote speech A1 Se propone un pequeño test sobre el marco conceptual de los ODS 20
Problem solving A1 Se proponen pequeños ejercicios de aplicación de los indicadores de los ODS. 10
Workshop A1 B1 C1 35
Directed discussion A1 35
 
Assessment comments

Sources of information
Basic Naciones Unidas (2015). Agua y Desarrollo Sostenible. https://www.un.org/spanish/waterforlifedecade/pdf/WM_IIIESP.pdf
Canal de Isabel II (2011). El agua como elemento clave para el desarrollo. https://www.fundacioncanal.com/canaleduca/pdf/El-agua-como-elemento-clave-para-el-desarrollo2.pdf
Ministerio de Transición Ecológica (2020). Libro Verde de la Gobernanza del Agua en España. https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/agua/temas/sistema-espaniol-gestion-agua/libro-verde-gobernanza-agua_tc
Naciones Unidas (). Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/objetivos-de-desarrollo-sostenible/

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Recommendations
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Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.