RURAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 3° Year - Curriculum Tutela e valorizzazione del territorioCredit Value: 8
Scientific field: AGR/08 - Agricultural hydraulics and watershed protection
Taught classes: 48 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Learning Objectives
The aim of the course is to gain knowledge on the protection of agro-forestry environment. In partucular the student will acquire knowledge on hydrological study; erosion and monitoring and prediction; rural landscape conservation; hydraulic-forestal settlements on slopes; fluvial system: river and stream morphology; naturalness index, river functionality; hydro-morphological and ecological stream assessment; natural water retention measurements; reference legislation.
Detailed Course Content
Hydrological Study for watershed management. Flow sediment transport. Water erosion. Erosion prediction models. Sediment yield prediction. Water erosion monitoring. Examples of monitoring and prediction of sediment yield at watershed scale. Rural landscape conservation. Hydraulic-Forestal settlements on slopes. Fluvial system: river and stream morphology. Naturalness index, river functionality; hydro-morphological and ecological stream assessment. Natural Water Retention Measures. Reference legislation.
Textbook Information
- Rinaldi M., Suria N., Comiti F. Bussettini M. Manuale tecnico-operativo per la valutazione e il monitoraggio dello stato morfologico dei corsi d’acqua. ISPRA. Roma, 2011
- Murachelli A., Riboni V. Rischio idraulico e difesa del territorio. Dario Flaccovio, 2010.
- Ferro V. La Sistemazione dei bacini idrografici. McGraw-Hill. Milano, 2002
- Bagarello V., Ferro V. Erosione e conservazione del suolo. McGraw-Hill. Milano, 2006
- Lenzi M.A., D'Agostino V., Sonda D. Ricostruzione morfologica e recupero ambientale dei torrenti. Editoriale Bios, 2000.
- Handsout distibuted during the course