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Subject lecturer : Dr. Katrin Broemme
Organization: Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Office Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: 043 518 2406
Mobile phone: 090 5694 571
Email: katrin.broemme@rub.de
Consultation hours: 60
Mrs. Dr. Katrin Broemme has worked 17 years in environmental projects in Germany and Asia
(Vietnam). Her educational background is in civil engineering with a specialization in environmental planning and engineering. During her doctoral research studies (2001-2004) she obtained deepened knowledge on groundwater resources. Since 2005 she has a longterm assignment as a project manager in Vietnam developing environmental concepts for the coal mining industry. She also implemented other projects in Vietnam, especially in the fields of water resources management and land use planning related to natural disasters. She started using GIS in 1998 and gave lectures on GIS in Germany from 1999-2005 as well as in Vietnam
(2011, 2014).
Teaching Assistant (if any): none
Office Location:
Email:
Consultation hours:
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The subject introduces GIS as an important tool in environmental analysis using five different typical tasks in the environmental field as examples. For each task it is introduced which data are required, which analyses need to be performed and how GIS supports these analyses. The tasks include environmental impact assessments, environmental management, integrated water resources management, regional planning and urban planning in the context of climate change.
The course consists of lectures for the theoretical background, demonstrations in GIS as well as practicals in the computer lab where the participants can practice GIS by themselves using exemplary data provided by the lecturer.
With the help of the course the students can understand about the overwhelming number of available tools in a modern GIS software package and how to explore them. Furthermore, the students learn to start thinking in GIS terms and steps. This skill would be useful for their later work where they will meet many different tasks in the environmental field where GIS can support the solution. The students should try to solve small tasks during the computer lab practicals by themselves in order to get more versed in using GIS and to get more able to find solution approaches by their own.
Students are expected to attend 45 lectures.
The Subject’s timetable is as follows:
Lecture time and location:
[14/05-12/06/2015, Thursdays and Fridays, 8.00-9.30 / 10.00-11.30 / 13.00-14.30 /
15.00-16.30 at D303
List of lectures
Week Time Topic
Week 1 14-15/05/2015 Environmental Impact Analysis
How to do an environmental impact analysis using
GIS? Which data do I need? Which tools do I need?
Which steps need to be performed?
Week 2 21-22/05/2015 Environmental Management
Environmental management using GIS exemplary for a coal mining area, environmental issues: water, dust, waste, dumps, noise, vibration
Week 3 28-29/05/2015 Integrated Water Resources Management
Instructional methods
Lecture,
Demonstration,
Practical in
Computer Lab
Lecture,
Demonstration,
Practical in
Computer Lab
Lecture,
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Week 4 04-05/06/2015
IWRM using GIS exemplary for a part river basin, evaluation of water quantity, water quality, future prognoses, data processing
Regional Planning
Regional planning exemplary for the task of postmining land use planning
Week 5 11-12/06/2015 Integration of Flood Management and Urban
Planning
GIS analysis supporting the integration of flood management into urban planning
Demonstration,
Practical in
Computer Lab
Lecture,
Demonstration,
Practical in
Computer Lab
Lecture,
Demonstration,
Practical in
Computer Lab
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Lecture Attendance Requirement:
Attendance at all lectures and practicals is expected. If, for whatever reason, you cannot attend the lecture, please let the lecturer know in advance. You are required to attend a minimum of
75% of lectures.
Assessment for this subject consists of:
Practicals
Class participation and presence
Written exam
40%
10%
50%
Continuously
Continuously
12/06/2015
Grade in letter
A
1-4 1-10 Description scale scale
4 8.5 – 10
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Excellent analysis, comprehensive research, sophisticated theoretical or methodological understanding, impeccable presentation;
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B
C
D
F
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Work that meets all the key assessment criteria and excels in most;
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Work that meets these criteria and is also in some way original, exciting or challenging could be awarded marks in the high 8 or above.
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Marks of 9 and above may be awarded to the best student work in the range.
3 7 – 8.49
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Good work that is solidly researched, shows a good understanding of key ideas, demonstrates some use of critical analysis along with good presentation and
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0
5.5 –
6.99
1-3.99 documentation;
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Work that meets most of the key assessment criteria and performs well in some;
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Work that shows some room for improvement.
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Completion of key tasks at a satisfactory level, with demonstrated understanding of key ideas and some analytical skills, and satisfactory presentation, research and documentation;
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Work that meets most of the key assessment criteria;
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Work that shows room for improvement in several areas.
1 4 – 5.49
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Completion of key tasks at an adequate level of performance in argumentation, documentation and expression;
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Work that meets a limited number of the key assessment criteria;
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Work that shows substantial room for improvement in many areas.
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Work that fails to meet the basic assessment criteria;
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Work that contravenes the policies and regulations set out for the assessment exercise;
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Where a student fails a subject, all failed components of assessment are double marked.
Late work is not accepted. If, however, you find that it is absolutely impossible for you to make a given deadline due to illness or other unforeseen circumstances, you may negotiate a shortterm extension of up to 5 working days. But please note: Extensions are not granted after due dates have passed.
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Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per working day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked and in-semester tests and exams that are submitted late without an approved extension will not be accepted.
Plagiarism is academic misconduct , and is taken very seriously by the Program and
University. Any acts of suspected plagiarism detected by assessors will be followed up, and any students involved will be required to respond via the Program and/or University procedures for handling suspected plagiarism. If you have questions about how to appropriately acknowledge your sources, please let the lecturer know.
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