COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5139 INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES

Course Objective

Air, water, and soil constitute the environmental continuum, and are vital components
for sustaining life on earth. These components are interactive and interactions among
them are complex. The course aims to introduce the concept of integrated management and
current approaches used to this end. The course contents cover the basic elements of
integrated management in a stepwise manner, starting with objectives, constraints, data
needs, information systems, management policies and plans, testing of management
scenarios, and decision making.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to analyze components of integrated water resources management
2   to understand and combine elements of system approach to water resources
3   to synthesize management steps in an integrated manner
4   to have legal and legislative knowledge on environmental, social and economical aspects of integrated water resources management
5   to analyze and obtain sustainability indicators for a river basin system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Need for integrated basin management Description of the basin as a continuum of integrated resources. Needs for sustainable development
2 Need for integrated basin management Basic framework and scale effects. Current practices of management-physical, hydrological, social, economic, legal, institutional problems
3 Objectives of basin management Criteria for management policy - policy analysis, Multidisciplinary objectives, Statement of management policies
4 Identification of the basin system Elements of the system (water quantity and quality, land resources, etc.), Interactions between elements, social, legal, economic, institutional aspects
5 Development of an information system Data collection - design and operation of monitoring systems, Assessment of data reliability, Development of data banks
6 Development of an information system Transfer of data into information (data analyses and modeling), Use of GIS as an integrated information system
7 Delineation of alternative management plans Development of management scenarios
8 Delineation of alternative management plans Description of comprehensive benefits
9 Delineation of alternative management plans Evaluation via GIS and basin models
10 Midterm exam
11 Development of management models Development of expert systems
12 Development of management models Integration of basin models, GIS and expert systems
13 Decision making process Comparison between alternative management plans, Risk and reliability considerations
14 Decision making process Strategies for handling uncertainty

Recomended or Required Reading

Kirby, C., White, W.R. (eds.), Integrated River Basin Development. John Wiley & Sons,
Ltd., 1994.
Lotti, C., Pandolfi, C., Water Resources Systems Structures and Management. Godel,
Roma, 1975.
North, R.M., Dworsky, L.B., Allee, D.J. (eds), Unified River Basin Management. AWRA
Technical Publication Series, 1981.
Ortolano, L., Environmental Planning and Decision Making. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.,
1984.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture notes, presentations, and source books are the main material. The students are
obligated to prepare two homework assignment.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

There will be 1 midterm exam and 2 homework assignments in determining the in-semester
grade.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

to deliver at least one of homework assignment is a prequisite for final exam

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nilgun.harmancioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

9:00 to 17:00 in week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing assignments 2 30 60
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.135
LO.243
LO.33
LO.44
LO.54

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