Coastal Flooding: Impacts, Conflicts and Risks (250912) – Course 2025/26 PDF
Syllabus
Learning Objectives
In this subject, aspects related to Hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment in coastal areas under the action of waves and sea level acting at different scales will be addressed. From here, forecasting methodologies for these coastal events will be shown with the purpose of supporting decision-making. The topics addressed cover most of the physical, environmental and ecological problems and challenges identified by the scientific community and the social agents that the coastal zone will face in the near future under different development scenarios and climate change.
Total hours of student work
| Hours | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervised Learning | Large group | 27h | 100.00 % | |
| Self Study | 48h | |||
Teaching Methodology
The course will be organized in thematic blocks in which approximately 60%/40% of the time will be devoted to theoretical / practical classes, in which the teachers present the concepts, basic materials of the subject, tools to use and present examples and perform exercises. The rest of the time will be dedicated to the use of common techniques and tools in risk analysis from a practical point of view. Specific exercises will be carried out with a greater participation of the students in order to consolidate the learning objectives. Throughout the course, approximately 4 hours will be dedicated to carrying out the assigned course work under the supervision of the teaching staff. Support material will be used in the format of a detailed teaching plan through the virtual campus ATENEA: contents, programming of evaluation and directed learning activities and bibliography.
Grading Rules
The evaluation calendar and grading rules will be approved before the start of the course.
The mark of the course is obtained from the qualifications of the tutored course work (30%) and two specific evaluation tests (35% each one). The directed coursework consists of applying the concepts and tools seen during the course to assess the risk in a coastal area to be determined. Requires teamwork, preparation of a written report and a final presentation in front of the class. Specific evaluation tests consist of a part with questions on concepts associated with the learning objectives of the course in terms of knowledge or understanding, and a set of application exercises.
Test Rules
If any of the proposed activities or continuous assessment is not carried out in the scheduled period, it will be considered as a zero score.
Office Hours
Anytime from 08:00 until 16:00 upon request and after confirmation
Bibliography
Basic
- Kim, Young C (ed). Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering. London: World Scientific, 2010. ISBN 9789812819291.
- Penning-Rowsell, Edmund C. Flood and coastal erosion risk management : a manual for economic appraisal. London [etc.]: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group), 2013. ISBN 9780415815154.
- Basco, David. Design of Coastal Hazard Mitigation Alternatives for Rising Seas. New Jersey: World Scientific 2020, 2019. ISBN 981-12-0694-5.
- Pugh, David; Woodworth, Philip. Sea-level science : understanding tides, surges, tsunamis and mean sea-level changes. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN 9781107028197.