COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL INVENTORIES AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIS 5020 ENVIRONMENTAL INVENTORIES AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 9

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Geographical Information Systems (Non-Thesis) (English)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM) (ENGLISH)

Course Objective

Collection, organization and retrieval of environmental data are essential for studies in environmental sciences, engineering and management. Spatial and temporal variations of these large bodies of data reveal important features with regard to their information content. A GIS framework is essential to organize these data and to extract maximum amount of information.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to work with environmental databases
2   Visualisation and interpretation of environmental data

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Biotic and Abiotic Ecosystem Components and their Spatial/Temporal Distributions
2 Spatial Distribution of Land Use and Natural Resource Exploitation
3 Utilization of Environmental Data
4 Computerization of Environmental Data Concept and Main Components
5 Raw Data Handling
6 Computerization of Environmental Data Integration of Components
7 Midterm Examination
8 Environmental Databases - Structural Features
9 Environmental Databases Subsystems, Data Entry and Maintenance
10 Data Query and Retrieval
11 Output Facilities In GIS Presentation of Environmental Data
12 Integration of GIS And Remote Sensing Techniques
13 Presentation Software Packages and Applications
14 Presentation Software Packages and Applications

Recomended or Required Reading

Cressie, N. 1991. Statistics for spatial data. Somerset, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. 928 pp.
ADRIAANSE, A., JELTES, R., REILING, R (1989): Information Requirements of Integrated Environmental Policy Experiences in the Netherlands ; Environmental Management 13/3, pp.309-315.
ADRIAANSE, A. (1993): Environmental Policy Performance Indicators ; Sdu Uitgeverij Koniginnengracht; Netherlands.
Manuals of IDRISI software package.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and hands-on exercises

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm Exam
Final Exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 40 40
Preparation for final exam 1 50 50
Reading 1 50 50
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 228

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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