Catchment Water Resources (U00371)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : GEO-3-CTCHWTR

The successful management of the quantity and quality of water resources requires an understanding of both hydrological processes and the techniques for making relevant information available for decision-making. The course reviews traditional methods of collecting hydrological data from experimental catchment studies, moving on to explore how simulation modelling may allow this data to be explored, generalised and used for predictions by catchment managers. The linkages between catchment land uses and river conditions are explored by studying contemporary issues such as runoff control, sustainable drainage systems and channel restoration.

Entry Requirements

? Prohibited combinations : Land Use and Water Resources (U01821)

? Special Arrangements for Entry : Requests for registration must be made by email to Shiela.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
Availability to Visiting Undergraduates may be dependent on demand from internal students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Geography, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Other subject areas

Environmental Courses, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
09/01/2007	11:10	13:00	Room 2.19, Old Infirmary (Geography)	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To review the basic hydrological and geomorphological processes relevant for river catchment management

To understand the contribution of empirical catchment experiments to knowledge about the interactions between catchment land use and water resources.

To understand and be able to construct simple simulation models to analyse and generalise the interactions between catchment land use and water resources.

To explore the intersections from the fields of (a) watershed management, (b) environmental modelling and (c) geographic information systems (GIS) and to promote a critical evaluation of the benefits and limits of combining these approaches to assist resource management in river catchments.