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B016573 - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND LAND RECLAMATION
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2016-17
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Agrifoodstuffs Production and Environmental Sciences (DISPAA)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
AGR/08 - AGRICULTURAL HYDRAULICS AND WATERSHED PROTECTION
Credits
9
Teaching Hours
72
Teaching Term
19/09/2016 ⇒ 16/12/2016
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Hydrological cycle, water balance. Rainfall, rainfall extremes, Gumbel distribution. Rainfall interception. The watershed, time of concentration. Soil-water potential, infiltration, water flow in soil, surface runoff and runoff processes (CN method); Stream-flow hydrograph and peak discharges. Evapotraspiration. Hydrogeology. Land reclamation general uotlines. Snow hydrology.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Textbooks:
R. Lee, Forest hydrology, Columbia Univ. Press., New York.
Moodle e-learning platform, University of Florence: educational material of lectures prepared by P. Trucchi
R. Lee, Forest hydrology, Columbia Univ. Press., New York.
Moodle e-learning platform, University of Florence: educational material of lectures prepared by P. Trucchi
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired: Water cycle, hydrological processes, hydraulics, soil hydrology and techniques for water controll and management.
Competence acquired: see the above point
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): How to calculate runoff, peak rainfall statistical parameters, snow melting, interception, crop and forest water uptake, hydrological soil characteristics. Systems for water mamagement and regulation.
Competence acquired: see the above point
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): How to calculate runoff, peak rainfall statistical parameters, snow melting, interception, crop and forest water uptake, hydrological soil characteristics. Systems for water mamagement and regulation.
Prerequisites
Courses recommended: Mathematics
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc): 225
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 153
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 72
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 22
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 153
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 72
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 22
Further information
Frequency of lectures is not compulsory but strongly recommended. Written exercises are given to the students during the course.
Type of Assessment
oral examination
Course program
Hydrological cycle, Water balance. Precipitation, Rainfall extremes, Gumbel distribution. Rainfall interception. Watershed and its characteristics, time of concentration. Soil-water relationships, infiltration, surface runoff and runoff processes (CN-USSCS method); Stream flow hydrograph and peak discharges. Evapotranspiration. Crop water requirements and consumptions. Water pumping. Hydrogeology and wells. Land reclamation general outlines. Snow hydrology, snow metamorphism.