Identifying Data 2023/24
Subject (*) Ecosystemic Services and Ecohydraulics Code 632549022
Study programme
Máster Universitario en Xestión Sostible da Auga
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 2nd four-month period
First Optional 3
Language
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Enxeñaría Civil
Coordinador
Vázquez González, Ana María
E-mail
ana.maria.vazquez@udc.es
Lecturers
Pena Mosquera, Luis
Vázquez González, Ana María
E-mail
luis.pena@udc.es
ana.maria.vazquez@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.
A3 CON3 Explain the foundations of chemistry, biology, and morphology of continental aquatic ecosystems. Provide the common methodology of the EU for assessing the status of water bodies and its adaptation to different territorial contexts. Identify models for assessing pressures and impacts on water bodies, understanding their opportunities and limitations. Suggest solutions for the maintenance and improvement of the status of water bodies across their different quality elements. Identify bioindicators.
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
B4 HAB4 Analyze the European Union's Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive, their technical implications, and their implementation through hydrological planning. Utilize computer tools for problem-solving related to water management within the framework of both directives. Develop measurements and analysis of hydrologically relevant data and data related to the state of water bodies. Evaluate the effect of urban use on the watershed and analyze the consequences of discharging water (treated or untreated) into receiving water bodies. Additionally, develop strategies to protect areas of surface water and groundwater generation within watersheds, based on the principle of recognizing and enhancing ecosystem services.
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
C5 COM5 Evaluate the impact of floods and droughts and propose strategies to mitigate them in accordance with legislation, applying new technologies. Propose sustainable and socially acceptable solutions.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
AJ1
CJ1
BJ4
BJ1
CJ5
AJ3

Contents
Topic Sub-topic

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Field trip B4 C5 4 0 4
Oral presentation B1 C1 0.5 7 7.5
Short answer questions A1 A3 B1 B4 C1 C5 1.5 10 11.5
Supervised projects A1 A3 B1 B4 C1 C5 1 9 10
Guest lecture / keynote speech A1 A3 14 28 42
 
Personalized attention 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
Field trip
Oral presentation
Short answer questions
Supervised projects
Guest lecture / keynote speech

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Short answer questions
Supervised projects
Guest lecture / keynote speech
Oral presentation
Description


Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Short answer questions A1 A3 B1 B4 C1 C5 O alumnado terá que resolver varias probas de resposta breve coas que o profesorado poderá evaluar os coñecementos adquiridos 40
Supervised projects A1 A3 B1 B4 C1 C5 O alumnado terá que elaborar 2 traballo sobre a docencia impartida que serán expostos na clase para o resto do alumnado e profesorado 40
Oral presentation B1 C1 El alumnado presentará na clase, os traballos tutelados elaborados 20
 
Assessment comments

Sources of information
Basic

Clay, C.H. (1995). Design of fishways and other fish facilities. Lewis Publisher, Boca Raton, Florida.

Larinier, M., Porcher, J.P., Travede, F., Gosset, C. (1998). Passes à poissons. Expertise conception des ouvrages de franchissement. Conseil Supérieur De La Pêche, Paris. France

Congress, August, 2003. Theme C. p 425-432. Thessaloniki. Greece.

Odeh, M. (1999). Innovations in fish passage technology. American fisheries Society, Bethesada, Maryland.

Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

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.