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Flood Risk and Urban Water Cycle Management (250MEA010) – Course 2025/26 PDF

Syllabus

Learning Objectives

Plan and design advanced conventional and non-conventional solutions to face with environmental problems related to urban hydrology and flood risk management.

Total hours of student work

Hours Percentage
Supervised Learning Large group 35h 77.78 %
Laboratory classes 10h 22.22 %
Self Study 80h

Teaching Methodology

The subject consists of 3.0 hours per week of classroom lessons in the classroom. They are devoted to theoretical classes, 25.5 hours, in which the teacher exposes the concepts and basic materials of the subject, presents examples and carries out exercises. 9.0 hours are spent solving problems and practical excercises with a greater interaction with the students to consolidate the general and specific learning objectives. The rest of the weekly hours is dedicated to laboratory practices and a field visit. Support material is shared through the ATENEA virtual campus: contents, programming of assessment activities and directed learning and bibliography. Although most of the sessions will be given in the language indicated, sessions supported by other occasional guest experts may be held in other languages.

Grading Rules

The evaluation calendar and grading rules will be approved before the start of the course.

The subject's mark is obtained from the continuous assessment grades: final exam, coursework on numerical simulation, field visit report. Final grade = 0.7 * Final exam + 0.05 Course practice grade + 0.25 Modelling practice

Test Rules

Failure to perform a continuous assessment activity in the scheduled period will result in a mark of zero in that activity.

Office Hours

Prof. Beniamino Russo: Wednasday, 15.00 - 18.00, Building D1, Office 213A Prof. Ernest Bladé: to be agreed with the professor

Bibliography

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