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Content Structure of the MSc Programmes ............................................................................. iv Management of Natural Resources Systems ................................................................ 1 Natural Resource Economics and Governance ............................................................. 3 Project and Business Management ............................................................................. 5 International Cooperation and Development ............................................................... 7 Project I ................................................................................................................. 9 Project II ............................................................................................................... 11 Project III .............................................................................................................. 12 Preparation of Master Thesis .................................................................................... 14 Master Thesis and Colloquium .................................................................................. 16 Scientific Work and Research Methods ...................................................................... 18 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing ................................................ 20 Statistics ............................................................................................................... 21 Eco-Balancing and Decision Support Systems............................................................ 23 Empirical Social Research Methods ........................................................................... 25 Environmental Monitoring ........................................................................................ 27 Economic Evaluation Methods .................................................................................. 29 Environmental Assessment ...................................................................................... 30 Water Resources Management ................................................................................. 32 Hydrology .............................................................................................................. 34 Hydraulic Structures ............................................................................................... 36 Water and Agriculture ............................................................................................. 38 Water Economics and Governance ............................................................................ 40 Watershed Management .......................................................................................... 42 Sanitation and Public Health .................................................................................... 44 Flood Management ................................................................................................. 46 Water Scarcity and Drought ..................................................................................... 48 Water Supply ......................................................................................................... 50 Water System Analysis ............................................................................................ 52 Land Use Systems and the Environment .................................................................... 54 Soil Management .................................................................................................... 56 Farming Systems Economics .................................................................................... 58 Ecosystem Management and Conservation ................................................................ 60 Public Services and Housing Provision ....................................................................... 62 Ecological and Social Risks ....................................................................................... 64 Food Security ......................................................................................................... 67 Resources Efficient Buildings and Quarters ................................................................ 69 Urban, Regional and Community-Based Management .................................................. 71 Water Energy Food Security Nexus ........................................................................... 74

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Energy Resources and Energy Systems ..................................................................... 76 Bioenergy and Geothermal Energy ............................................................................ 78 Energy Economics and Markets ................................................................................ 80 Energy Efficiency and Environment ........................................................................... 82 Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Systems ................................................................... 85 Energy Policy, Legislation and Management ............................................................... 87 Wind Energy and Hydro Power ................................................................................. 89 Decentralized Energy Systems Planning .................................................................... 90

Structure of the MSc Programmes

Students select a total of 10 Modules (50 ECTS) out of the respective module catalogue IWRM, NRM and REM (minimum of 5 Modules), the module catalogue (minimum of 2 Modules) and the module catalogues of the adjoining master program.

Core modules cover 40 ECTS. Master thesis and colloquium cover 30 ECTS.

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Code Name Coordiantion Semester

1 2 3 4

Core Modules + Thesis

C-01 Management of Natural Resources Systems Ribbe 5

C-02 Natural Resources Economics and Governance Schlüter 5

C-03 Project and Business Management Rbibe 5 5

C-04 International Cooperation and Development Al-Saidi 5

P-01 Project I Trappe 5

P-02 Project II Trappe 5

P-03 Project III Trappe 5

M-01 Master Thesis Preparation Pedroso 5

M-02 Master Thesis and Colloquium Pedroso 30

Methods and Tools

T-01 Scientific Work and Research Methods Bhandari 5

T-02 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Roehrig 5

T-03 Statistics Roehrig 5

T-04 Eco-balancing and decision-support systems Hamhaber 5

T-05 Empirical Social Research Methods Hamhaber 5

T-06 Environmental Monitoring Ribbe 5

T-07 Economic Evaluation Methods Schlüter 5

T-08 Environmental Assessment Ribbe 5

Integrated Water Resources Management IWRM

W-01 Water Resources Management Ribbe 5

W-02 Hydrology Roehrig 5

W-03 Hydraulic Structures Sturm 5

W-04 Water and Agriculture Ribbe 5

W-05 Water Economics and Governance Schlüter 5

W-06 Watershed Management Ribbe 5

W-07 Sanitation and Public Health Sturm 5

W-08 Flood Management Roehrig 5

W-09 Water Scarcity and Drought Ribbe 5

W-10 Water Supply Sturm 5

W-11 Water System Analysis Roehrig 5

Natural Resources Management and Development NRM

N-01 Land Use Systems and the Environment Schlüter 5

N-02 Soil Management Nehren 5

N-03 Farming System Economics Schlüter 5

N-04 Ecosystem Management and Conservation Nehren 5

N-05 Public Services and Housing Provision Hamhaber 5

N-06 Ecological and Social Risks Nehren 5

N-07 Food Security Schlüter 5

N-08 Resources Efficient Buildings and Quarters Hamhaber 5

N-09 Urban, Regional and Community Based Management Hamhaber 5

N-10 Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus Al-Saidi 5

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Renewable Energy Management REM

E-01 Energy Resources and Energy Systems Bhandari 5

E-02 Bioenergy and Geothermal Energy Lambers 5

E-03 Energy Economics and Markets Bhandari 5

E-04 Energy Efficiency and Environment Bhandari 5

E-05 Photovoltaics and Solar Thermal Systems Blieske 5

E-06 Energy Policy, Legislation and Management Hamhaber 5

E-07 Wind Energy and Hydropower Stadler 5

E-08 Decentralized Energy Systems Planning Bhandari 5

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Name of Module Management of Natural Resources Systems

Course Code C-01

Core Methods and Tools

IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog X

Credit Points SWS Attendance (h)

Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants will

1. Analyse, explain major problems resulting from unsustainable use of NR

2. Explains key elements and processes of natural systems (as source and regulative system) and natural cycles at different scales

3. Explains key elements and processes social system at different scales and their economics and governance

4. Analyse such systems (system theory, system dynamics), DPSIR, rapid appraisal, LCA

5. Recognizes the major drivers for the natural resources system such as socio-economic drivers (demography, economic development), the human impacts on the system (CC, biodiversity losses, …) in a systemic view

6. Explain, compare interactions between natural and human systems (eco-technological cycles)

7. Compares different concepts of droughts, floods and desertification (just examples)

8. Understand productive, consumptive and regulative functions in relation of environment-human subsystems

Discuss objectives of development; critically assesses paradigmatic shift in objectives and policies of aid strategies, Rio process, MDGs/SDGs

Content

1. Introduction: Global Natural Resources Challenges 2. Natural and Human systems and their interaction

a. Eco- climate- and energy systems b. Social systems c. Interactions, cycles and fluxes

3. Drivers and pressures a. Global change (climate, demographics, economy) b. Environmental variability and risks

4. Environmental Syndromes (examples) a. Food/water/energy crisis b. Soil degradation and desertification c. Uncontrolled urbanization (favela syndrome etc.) d. Natural disasters

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5. Natural resources and development a. International agenda and goals of development b. Concepts and paradigms of natural resources management

Teaching Methods

• Input lectures • Self-study, group discussions, presentations to class • Discussion of examples from P-01 in class

Assessment Method

Written exam (100%)

Recommended Reading

Anderson, D., (2013) Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management 4th edition, Routledge

Christopherson, R.W. (2005): Geosystems: An Introduction to Physical Geography (6th Edition), Prentice Hall.

Forman, R.T.T. (1995): Land Mosaics: The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Goudie, A. (2001): The Nature of the Environment, 4th ed., Blackwell Publishing.

IPCC Website. http://www.ipcc.ch/

ISRIC: World Soil Information, http://www.isric.org/Isric/Webdocs/Docs/Major_Soils_of_the_World/start.pdf

Pidwirny, M. (2008): PhysicalGeography.net, Fundamentals of Physical Geogrpahy (2nd edition), ebook http://www.physicalgeography.net/home.html

Turner, M.G., R. H. Gardner and R. V. O'Neill, R.V. (2001): Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, USA.

UNESCO 2014 World Water Development Report 2014 - Water and Energy http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/wwap/wwdr/

Module Coordinator

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Lecturers Udo Nehren, Lars Ribbe, NN

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Name of Module Natural Resources Economics and Governance

Course Code C-02


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module, the participants • Understand principles of socio-economic systems and their role in socio-

ecological systems (overview of social and political science for resources management)

• Master an overview of fundamental social science concepts • Understand differing and competing mechanisms of resources allocation

(economic, planning, socio-political) • exercise principles of economics of resources management • Analyse political systems and governance options • Compare different value systems and dimensions of values

Content

• Systems theory with respect to socio-economic systems • Fundamental concepts of microeconomics

o Introduction to microeconomics (consumer and producer theory) o Efficiency concepts o Elasticity concepts o Welfare and Environmental Economics

• Principles of Environmental and Resources Economics o Environment and the economic activity o Environmental problems, externalities and missing markets o Market mechanisms and failures o Pollution economics

• Social sciences approaches in resources management o Social scales, individual/group/society, communities o Structure and agency, action and behaviour, perceptions…)

and their application in resources management o Poverty and Livelihoods

• Political systems in resources management o Governance, MLG o Institutions and Actor/Stakeholder concepts o Management of Natural resources – Policy instruments (water,

agriculture, forestry…) o Decision making and competing allocation principles

• Spatial and Strategic Planning as allocation mechanisms

Teaching Methods

• Lectures • Exercises in class / group work • Self-study • Students‘ Presentations

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Assessment Method

Written exam 100%

Recommended Reading

• Brunnengräber, A., Walk, H. 2007: Multi-level Governance. Nomos • Bryant, R., Bailey, S. 2005²: Third World Political Ecology. Routledge • Bunge, M. 1999: Social Science under Debate. UTP Press • Chant, S., McIlwaine, C. 2009: Geographies of Development in the 21st

Century. Elgar. • Folmer, Henk and H. Landis Gabel (2000): Principles of Environmental and

Resource Economics, 2nd Ed., Edward Elgar Cheltenham UK – Northampton, MA, USA

• Mankiw, Gregory and Mark P. Taylot: Economics, South-Western CENGAGE Learning, London 2008.

• Potter, R., Binns, T., et al. 2008³: Geographies of development. An Introduction to Development Studies.

• Rao, P.K. 2000: Sustainable Development: Economics and Policy. Wiley • Sterner, Thomas (2003): Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural

Resource Management • Tietenberg, T., Lewis, L. 2008: Environmental and Natural Resources

Economics. Pearson

Module Coordinator

Sabine Schlüter

Lecturers Sabine Schlüter, Johannes Hamhaber

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Name of Module Project and Business Management Course Code C-03


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog X


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter and summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

The student will

• Classify different types of management in international • Describe roles and function of management related to business

administration, financing, political, legal and social issues related to the management of companies

• Elaborate a business plan • Conduct cost benefit analysis and learn how to analyse the financial

project costs. • Identify tools and software adequate to support decision making and

planning processes • Be proficient in the soft skills relevant for successful project management.

Content

1 Management 1.1 Classifications of management, definition and role of management,

management functions 2 Project management in practice

2.1 Steps in Management: planning, organising, coordinating, leading, controlling. Resources for management: human resources, finances, information

2.2 Exercise 1: Planning and communication tools and instruments: Brainstorming, Mind Mapping, Moderation, PCM, SWOT, Strategic assessment Project Cycle Management, PRINCE, GANTT chart

2.3 Exercise 2: Knowledge and information management (archiving, databases, MIS, project management software, MS project)

2.4 Exercise 3: Situation Analysis, Feasibility, Setting goals, estimating risks, Logframe, Operational planning, Resources planning, Monitoring und Evaluation

2.5 Exercise 4: Project proposal writing, tendering and bidding process. 2.6 Projects in development assistance

3 Business Administration 3.1 The basics of business administration: objectives, optimisation,

efficiency and productivity, controling, human resources, marketing, 3.2 Business planning exercise

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Teaching Methods

• Input lectures • Self-study, group discussions, presentations to class • Discussion of examples from P-01 in class

Assessment Method

Multiple choice text on 1, 2.1, 2.6, 3.1 (40 %); short reports on exercises 1-3 (10 % each); business plan (30 %).

Recommended Reading

Europeaid 2004. Project Cycle Management Guidelines

Project Management institute (2013) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: PMBOK® Guide (Fifth Edition)

Kerzner H (2013) Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling (11th Edition). Wiley

Williams C, Kondra AZ, Vibert C. 2004. Management. Thomson

Module Coordinator Rui Pedroso

Lecturers Ulrich Daldrup, Piotr Swiatek

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Name of Module International Cooperation and Development

Course Code C-04


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog X


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants will: Apply principles of development theory to compare different strategies of

development cooperation, Differentiate various forms of IC. Apply basic knowledge on international politics on current discussion

regarding sovereign states, UN system, regional cooperation and international conventions - in particular in the realm of environment.

discuss and compare mandates, recent developments and challenges of different types of international and ODA institutions

Develop strategies for knowledge transfer using the concepts of capacity development and science-policy dialogue.

Content

1 1. Development Economics 1.1 Low income countries and the development process 1.2 Economic development theories, 1.3 Elements of economic development: Structural changes, role

of agricultural sector, industrialization, environment and sustainable development

1.4 Population growth, education and social development 1.5 International Markets, WTO processes, LDC and the MDG’s

2 International Cooperation 2.1 Forms of international cooperation, bilateral, multilateral,

economic, technical, financial, scientific, etc… 2.2 International organisations and programs related to natural

resources management and environment 2.3 International agreements, protocols, conventions and

contracts, Kyoto protocol, the Convention on Biological Diversity, etc.

3 Environmental Law and International Environmental Conventions 3.1 Historical background on environmental and resource laws 3.2 Principles of environmental law

International conventions on environmental and resources management: Ozone (Montreal), Wetlands (Ramsar), Clima (Kyoto), Transboundary water management (Helsinki)

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Teaching Methods

Lectures Guided group work Visits to international organizations in Bonn and Cologne

Assessment Method

Written Exam (65%)

Short paper: Analysis of an institution of international cooperation (35 %)

Recommended Reading

Birnie, P. et al (2009) International Law and the Environment Oxford University Press, USA; 3rd edition

BMZ Strategy papers. http://www.bmz.de/en/publications/type_of_publication/strategies/index.html

Gilles, M et al (2001), Economics of Development W. W. Norton & Company; 5th edition

Kingsbury, D (2008) International Development: Issues and Challenges, Palgrave Macmillan

Lopez, R, toman MA (2006) Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: New Policy Options. Oxford University Press

Module Coordinator

Mohammad Al-Saidi

Lecturers NN, Georgeta Vidican, Kirk Junker

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Name of Module Project I Course Code P-01


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 40 110 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

After completion of this module the participants will be able to • Establish and organize interdisciplinary team work • Distribute roles and tasks in working teams • Define and agree upon rules in working teams • Analyse a complex problem related to natural resources management

using a team cantered approach • Acquire, edit and present data and develop hypothesis • Know how to use online data bases • Use the media as a basis for planning team work and communicate the

results • Establish an intercultural understanding

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants will be able to • Establish and organize interdisciplinary team work • Distribute roles and tasks in working teams • Define and agree upon rules in working teams • Analyse a complex problem related to natural resources management

using a team cantered approach • Acquire, edit and present data and develop hypothesis • Know how to use online data bases • Use the media as a basis for planning team work and communicate the

results • Establish a intercultural understanding

Content

1. General: Make use of tools and scientific input taught in the first semester. The topics given by the tutors will be relevant for one of the fields of either NRM, IWRM or REM.

2. General Input 2.1 Intercultural Training 2.2 Introduction into online working spaces of the FH Köln.

3. Group work 3.1 Analyse the problem of the case study and describe it in detail 3.2 Develop the objectives and methods of the group work 3.3 Implement the project independently while distributing tasks and roles

within the group 3.4 Develop and discuss hypothesis within the team Document the status

of the work and the project management during Implementation using a web-based platform (wiki)

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Teaching Methods

• Presence phase for general input sessions for all students of the semester

• Intercultural Seminar • Regular meetings with tutor for instruction and preparation of self-study • Self-study organized by student groups through independent group work

with regular group and sub-group meetings • Students will work in groups of 4-7 members on a case study related to

natural resources management issues • Members are selected on a randomly basis.

Assessment Method

Report 80%, Poster 20%

Recommended Reading

According to subject of research

Module Coordinator

Jörn Trappe

Lecturers Supervisor

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Name of Module Project II Course Code P-02


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 40 110 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites Project I

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants will be able to • Implement Team Work structures • Analyse a complex problem related to natural resources management • Apply Project Management tools • Verify given data • Develop and apply scientific thinking • Establish solution orientated thinking • Implement project management tools

Content

1. General: Make use of tools and scientific input from each specialization taught in the second semester. The topics given by the lecturers will be relevant for one of the fields of either NRM, IWRM or REM.

2. Group work: 2.1 Based on the hypothesis a literature review has to be developed 2.2 Develop research questions and objectives 2.3 Analysis and conception of the given topic 2.4 Develop Results and Discussion 2.5 Develop solution related models and scenarios

2.6 Use of Project Management Knowledge

• Regular meetings with tutor for instruction and preparation of self-study • Self-study organized by student groups through independent group work

with regular group and sub-group meetings • Students will work in groups of 4-7 members on a case study related to

natural resources management issues • Members are selected based on the specialization area • Potential Excursions to related Project Areas

Assessment Method

Project Framework (Interim, pass / not passed), written Report (Final, 100% of Grading)

Recommended Reading


Module Coordinator

Jörn Trappe

Lecturers ITT Lecturers who are giving the topic

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Name of Module Project III Course Code P-03


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 Up to 40 Minimum 110 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites Project II

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants will be able to • Apply Scenarios • Evaluate Results • Implement Solutions in the field of Natural Resources Management • Communicate with potential Stakeholders • Establish practical-oriented thinking

Content

1. General: Make use of tools and scientific input from each specialization taught in the first three semesters. A topic may be chosen individually in agreement with or is given by the supervisor.

2. Group work/Individual work The typical tasks for the group are the following:

2.1 Out of existing project results develop solutions to meet initial hypothesis

2.2 Compare and evaluate different potential solutions 2.3 Establish a communication structure with potential stakeholders 2.4 Develop implementation strategies

Teaching Methods

• Regular meetings with tutor for instruction and preparation of self-study • Self-study organised by student groups through independent group work

with regular group and sub-group meetings • Students will work individually or in small groups of maximum 3 members • Possibility to combine with practical trainings in cooperation with project

related institutions

Assessment Method

written Report ( 100%)

Recommended Reading


Module Coordinator

Jörn Trappe

Lecturers ITT Lecturers who are giving the topic

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Name of Module Master Thesis Preparation Course Code M-01


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites None

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants will: • Review a specific field of sciences • Identify knowledge gaps • Analyse and describe problems in a given research context • Derive objectives from the identified problems • Plan methodological approaches • Identify data and information requirements to implement

methodology • Develop a plan for field research

Content

1. Conduct the following planning steps for the research theme identified in the previous semester • Describe state of the art • Summarize background and justification • Formulate a problem statement • Identify overall and specific objectives • Choose adequate methods and procedures • Identify related data requirements and Information sources • Develop a field research plan

1. Master thesis checklist and planning document • Each student provides a detailed plan for the field research and methods

he/she will follow in the master thesis. An intensive dialogue with the tutors and thesis supervisors accompanies this process

Teaching Methods

Input lectures Self-study, group discussions, presentations to class

Assessment Method

Oral presentation (25 %) and research proposal (75 %)

Recommended Reading

Module Coordinator

Rui Pedroso

Lecturers Supervisors

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Name of Module Master Thesis and Colloquium Course Code M-02


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 12 138 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites None

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants will: • Plan and execute scientific work independently. • select adequate scientific methods in order to reach scientific objectives • Reach scientific objectives in a specific timeframe • Apply previously gathered knowledge related to technology and resources

management to solve problems in a new context • Acquire new knowledge independently through literature research or

through surveys, field observations or laboratory experiments and the related analysis and interpretation

• Document the executed work, the methods and results in a written form respecting the general, international standards for written scientific communication

present scientific results in an

Content

The topic of the Master Thesis shall enable the students to apply their knowledge acquired throughout the various modules of the Master programs NRM+D, IWRM or REM to analyse a complex problem situation and to make proposals for improvement of the situation. While a focus on a particular aspect of resources management is necessary, any Thesis should make clear that interdisciplinary approaches including economic, social and environmental aspects were considered. Typically this is realized through working on a case study related to natural resources management topics addressed in the Master program either in a rural, urban or regional context. The Master Thesis is an opportunity to obtain further qualifications for the future professional career since it allows becoming familiar with topics, tools and institutions which may be beneficial to their professional and personal development. As cooperation between students and disciplines is encouraged, the students may produce the Master Thesis in a team of two or more persons. Especially the combination of students with a different scientific background will enable an inter-disciplinary approach. However, each student should submit a separate Thesis.

Teaching Methods

Input lectures Self-study, group discussions, presentations to class Discussion of examples from P-01 in class

Assessment Method

Master thesis: document addressing background, objectives, methods and results in a format defined by the supervisor(s) (counts for 25/30 of final grade)

Colloquium in which the student presents the key results of the thesis and defends them in front of the examiners (counts for 5/30 of final grade)

Recommended

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Module Coordinator

Rui Pedroso

Lecturers Supervisors

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Name of Module Scientific Work and Research Methods Course Code T-01


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of the module MSW, the students • Improve team work skills by working together in different interdisciplinary

groups on a specific topic of science • Improve analytical skills (discuss and critic on actual scientific issues) • Understand scientific research concept • Identify scientific problems and formulate concrete research questions

and objectives • Recognize the main characteristics of a scientific work • Conduct literature research and analyse literature review • Learn scientific writing skills • Understand the importance of scientific ethics • Understand the main goals and common methods of qualitative and

quantitative research • Communicate their research results among scientific community via

publications (journal paper, report, poster,...)

Content

Case study / group work (15h) • Introduction to case study • Group work on case study • System sciences and challenges of trans-disciplinary sciences

Science and scientific methods (3h) • Definitions, objectives and classification of science • Natural science methods • Social science methods

Literature research and review (8h) • Introduction to literature search in University’s library • Literature research • Literature review • Organizing and archiving literature and data • Referencing methods and tools

Scientific research and scientific writing (8h) • Mind map • Research and its phases • Scientific writing – journal articles (way from abstract to conclusion)

Scientific ethics (4h) • Citation scientific misconduct • plagiarism

Scientific publication and communication (7h) • Scientific communication: presentation and poster

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• Scientific publications (incl. peer reviewing process)

Teaching Methods

Lecture, group work, exercises

Assessment Method

Literature review: 50%, Case study group report: 30% and presentation (or poster): 20%

Recommended Reading

Curd, M. and Cover, J. A (1998): Philosophy of science - the central issue. W. W. Norton & Company, New York McCaskill, M. K. (1998): Grammar, punctuation and capitalization: A handbook for technical writers and editors (NASA SP-7084). Langley Research Centre, Hampton, Virginia Popper, Karl (2004): The logic of scientific discovery. London: Routledge-Classic Strauss, A. and Corbin, J. (1990): Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques. Sage Publications Others: to be announced in class

Module Coordinator

Ramchandra Bhandari

Lecturers Ramchandra Bhandari, NN

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Name of Module Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

Course Code T-02


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants will • understand key properties of spatial data • obtain spatial data • create spatial data using GIS software • analyse spatial data using GIS and RS software • create thematic maps

Content

Geographic Information Systems - Definition, history Spatial Information - Data types and formats - GIS Software - Visualization and presentation of spatial information - Data creation and editing - Geoprocessing

Remote Sensing - Definition, history - Physical principles - Photogrammetry - Multispectral systems - Microwave systems Lidar - Digital image analysis

Teaching Methods

Lectures Lab exercises on each topic Discussion of examples from module Project in class

Assessment Method

Written examination and practical lab examination

Recommended Reading

Online tutorial and other documents will be given during the lecture

Module Coordinator

Jackson Roehrig

Lecturers Jackson Roehrig

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Name of Module Statistics Course Code T-03


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants • Use tables and graphics to analyse and visualize frequency distributions • Understand key concepts of probability as well as descriptive and

inferential statistics • Make generalizations from samples • Conduct hypothesis tests • Apply regression models • Understand the principles of geostatistics

Content

Introduction General concepts

- Descriptive statistics, inference, - Questionnaires, observation, experiment - Qualitative and quantitative - Nominal, ordinal, metric scales - Discrete and continuous - Univariate, bivariate, multivariate, time series - Regression and correlation

Frequency - Absolute frequency - Cumulative absolute frequency - Relative frequency - Cumulative relative frequency - Histogram, pareto diagram

Univariate Probability - Discrete probability distribution - Cumulative discrete probability distribution - Probability density function - Cumulative probability density function

R / Python - Basic syntax - System: packages, working directory, help, apropos, example, history, ls,

rm, etc. - Vector - Plotting

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- Import / Export - Functions - Data structures

Random variables - Measures of central tendency - Measures of dispersion - Measures of symmetry - Skewness - Measures of peakedness - Kurtosis - Set operations - Probability - Properties: definition, sum of probabilities - Combinatorics - Conditional distribution

Discrete and continuous probability distributions - Discrete distributions - Continuous distributions

Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing Regression and correlation

- Linear regression - Multiple linear regression - Logistic linear regression - Statistical downscaling of global circulation model data

Geostatistics

Teaching Methods

Lectures, Exercises on computer, Discussion of examples from module Project in class

Assessment Method

Written examination and practical lab examination

Recommended Reading

Online tutorial and other documents will be given during the lecture

Module Coordinator

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Name of Module Eco-Balancing and Decision Support Systems

Course Code T-04


IWRM NRM Core

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

The graduate, upon completion of the course • Understands the principles of metabolistic approach to regional/urban and

production/consumption systems • Discerns different levels of systemic integration of material flows • Analyses material flows and related management systems (e.g. SWMS) on

production, consumption and regions/territories • Applies selected methods of eco-balancing • Designs and Assesses indicators and indicator systems and their quality • Understands and assesses environmental management systems

Content

• System theory and metabolism o Material, information and energy o System boundary, subsystems and super-systems and panarchy o Material, energetic and information flows

• Material flow analysis in traditional and modern societies • Strategies of material efficiency

o Reuse, recycling, downcycling o Cradle-to cradle approach o Sustainability concept and regime shifts

• Eco-balancing concepts, e.g. o Substance and material flows o Life-cycle approaches o Input-output-analyses o Regional material flow o Carbon Footprint o Ecological Footprint

• Concepts of decision support systems o Environmental indicator systems o Environmental information Management o EMS and international standards

Teaching Methods

• Lectures and External Expert Guest Lectures • Students’ Group work on selected case study

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Assessment Method Term paper (100%) (Policy analysis, Country analysis)

Recommended Reading

• Braungart, McDonough 2002: Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way we make

things. North Point. • Bringezu, Bleischwitz 2009: Sustainable Resources Management – Global

Trends, Visions and Policies. • Burger, E., Giljum, S., Manstein, C. & Hinterberger, F., 2009.

Comprehensive ecological indicators for products: Three case studies applying ecological rucksack (MIPS) and ecological footprint. Factor 10 Institute.

• Finnveden, Ekvall 1999: Life-cycle assessment as a decision-support tool—the case of recycling versus incineration of paper. Resources, Conservation and recycling, Elsevier.

• ICLEI, 2009. International local government GHG emissions analysis protocol (IEAP).

• IPCC, 2006: Chapter 2 - Waste Generation, Composition and Management Data. In Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

• Larsen, H.N. & Hertwich, E.G., 2009: The case for consumption-based accounting of greenhouse gas emissions to promote local climate action. Environmental Science & Policy, 12(7), pp.791-98.

• Mulhall, D., Braungart, M. 2010: Cradle to Cradle. Criteria for the Built Environment. Duurzaam Gebouwd Magazine

• UN Habitat 2010: Solid waste management in the Worlds Cities. UN Habitat / Earthscan

• ISO 14001 and related standards

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 42 108 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

The graduate, upon completion of the course • Understands conditions of research in social systems • Reflects upon his/her role as researcher based on ethics of social sciences • Selects and applies quantitative and qualitative social research methods • Operationalizes and designs field work for primary and secondary data

generation / collection

Content

• Fundamental Principles of Social Sciences • Quantitative vs. Qualitative Social Research methods • Role of the researcher and ethics of social science methods • Importance and characteristics of Participatory Methods • Field Work Strategy and planning

o Paradigmatic approaches to field work (e.g. grounded theory) o Review of Descriptive Statistics, introduction to sampling design o Sample size and estimation of population characteristics

• Methods for Primary Data Generation o Selected Field Work Methods, quantitative and qualitative: o Systematic observation, participatory observation o Questionnaire design, coding and normalization o Interview design o Creative, participatory and group methods

• Methods for Secondary Data Collection • Methods for Data Analysis and Interpretation

o Deductive vs. inductive approaches o Text coding and interpretation o (For statistical analyses see module ‘Statistics’)

• Representations of findings o Graphical representation of data and descriptive statistics o Visualization of Qualitative Data Sets and Interpretations

Teaching Methods

Project-Based Exercises (referring to ITT-P01/02/03), Field Work Laboratory, Group Work, Lectures and short presentations

Assessment Method

Project Based Methodological Report incl. • Strategy and Methodology • Methods Selection and Design / Elaborated field and analytical methods

draft (e.g. design of online questionnaire, data analysis)

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• Reflection of field work experience

Recommended Reading

• Lohr S. L. 2010²: Sampling Design and Analysis. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning

• Cloke, P., Cook, I., Crang, P., et al. 2004: Practising Human Geography. Sage

• Mikkelsen, B. 2005²: Methods for Development Work and Research. A New Guide for Practictioners. Sage.

• Alasuutari, P., Bockman, L, Brennan, J. 2008: The Sage Handbook of Social research methods. Sage

• Software, Handbooks and Manuals: MaxQDATM, Stata13SETM, ATLAStiTM, SphinxTM

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants 1. Understand the reason for environmental monitoring and

landscape/ecosystem analysis (climate, soil, water, vegetation). 2. Select adequate monitoring methods; 3. Apply basic laboratory and field measurement tools for key environmental

monitoring techniques; 4. Plan and conduct surveys of environmental monitoring. 5. Write a field research assessment report

Content

1. Rationale of an environmental monitoring a. Terminology: monitoring, assessment, survey, surveillance b. Zonation and classification of landscape units c. The decision making process as driver for environmental analysis

2. Monitoring methods for environmental and landscape analysis a. Measuring climate, soil, water, vegetation elements b. Selected field measurements c. Selected laboratory analysis d. Practice of environmental sampling (random, stratified,

systematic) 3. Planning an environmental surveys Groups working on

a. agriculture (climate, soil, water) b. inundation (climate, discharge) c. river ecology (water quality, limnology), d. erosion (soil, sediments, vegetation) e. renewable energy potential (wind, radiation, discharge, biomass)

4. Conducting and reporting an environmental survey a. field work b. laboratory work, c. data analysis and assessment techniques d. reporting techniques

Teaching Methods

Introductory lectures with exercises Guided but self-planned field and laboratory work in groups Data analysis workshop

Assessment Method

Design of field campaign; Laboratory and field survey protocols, final assessment report

Recommended

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Reading Artiola JF, Pepper IL, Brusseau ML (2004) Environmental monitoring and characterization. Elsevier

Boettinger JL, Howell DW, Moore AC, Hartemink AE2010. Digital Soil mapping. Springer (ebook)

Pettit C, Cartwright W, Bishop I, Lowell K, Pullar D; 2008. Landscape Analysis and vizualisation. Springer (ebook)

Wiersma GB (2004) Environmental Monitoring. CRC Press

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Lars Ribbe

Lecturers Lars Ribbe, Udo Nehren, Jackson Roehrig, Georg Meier

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

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Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants • Differentiates between the different use and non-use values of

environmental goods • Selects appropriate valuation method to support economic decisions • Applies non-market valuation of environmental goods • Implements Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis

Content

• The decision context of economic evaluation local prices vs. international currencies (shadow prices) financial analysis and cash flows vs. economic analysis and values

• Externalities and the role of environmental goods • The total, use-value and non-use value of environmental goods • Direct values from markets (costs or benefits), e.g. avoided costs,

replacement costs • Travel Costs Method • Hedonic Price Method • Contingent Value Method • Calculation of CBA case studies related to

Water infrastructure development Renewable Energy investments Land use strategy, e.g. reforestation

Teaching Methods

Adaptive to offered project modules in the first semester; C03 will provide input to problem-based learning based on: • Lectures • Exercises in class / group work (project) • Self-study • Reports

Assessment Method

written paper 100 %

Recommended Reading

DG Regional Policy European Commission, Guide to cost-benefit analysis Structural of investment projects, EU Brussels 2002. Up-to-date case study material will be provided prior to course start.

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Name of Module Environmental Assessment Course Code T-08


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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants 1. Distinguish the appropriateness of different environmental assessment

methods 2. Derive the key data from a given EIA and SEA 3. plan and conduct an EIA 4. plan and conduct an SEA 5. Write environmental assessment reports

Content

1. Overview on environmental assessments 1.1. Rationale of environmental assessment 1.2. Types of environmental assessments, role in the environmental

management process / cycle 1.3. Interpretation of sample EIAs and SEAs

2. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 2.1. Purpose, Stages, implementation and reporting 2.2. Exercise: EIA toolbox and examples

3. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) 3.1. Purpose, Stages, implementation and reporting 3.2. Case studies: examples for different types of SEA

Teaching Methods

Introductory lectures Classroom exercises and computer pool work Reporting (written and oral)

Assessment Method

Report on EIA (50 %) report on SEA (50 %)

Recommended Reading

Glasson J, Therivel R, Chadwick A. 2004. Introduction to Environmental impact Assessment. Routledge

Marriott B. 1997. Environmental Impact Assessment: A Practical Guide. Mc Graw Hill Professional

OECD 2012 Strategic Environmental Assessment in Development Practice. OECD Publishing

Schmidt M; Joao E; Albrecht E. 2005. Implementing Strategic Environmental Assessment. Springer

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Name of Module Water Resources Management Course Code W-01


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Module Catalog X


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants • Identify key problems in the water sector; • Describe the basic elements and processes of the water system and

subsystems; • Understand the interactions between the natural and human factors within

and outside of water resources systems; • Understand the role and value of water resources for economy, people

and nature; • Have an overview on water management concepts (IWRM…); • Explain the key steps of the decision making process and the particular

role of water resources information and indicators; • identifies institutions and alternatives for data acquisition in the field of

water resources management

Content

1. Introduction: Water Resources Challenges at global and regional level 2. Water Resources Systems

a. boundaries and elements of natural and technical water resources systems,

b. water balance, water quality elements, … 3. water uses and impacts on water resources systems

a. Uses and users of water resources and related use values b. Impacts of drivers and pressures on water resources

4. Water resources management a. Definition of management functions related to WRM, IWRM and

related concepts b. Decision makers and decision making in WRM

5. Data and information sources on water resources

Teaching Methods

• Input lectures • Self-study, group discussions, presentations to class • Exercises: problem tree analysis, DPSIR, multi criteria decision matrix,

IWRM concept: reading of texts with different opinions – presentation and discussion in class

• Discussion of examples from P-01 in class

Assessment Written Exam (50 %); Final report related to P-01 or other case studies (50 %)

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Method

Recommended Reading

Allan T: 2003, IWRM/IWRAM: a new sanctioned discourse? Occasional papers 50 SOAS Water Issues Study Group, School of Oriental and African Studies / Kings College London. University of London, April 2003

Biswas, A.K. 2005. Integrated Water Resources Management: a reassessment. In A.K. Biswas, O. Varis, & C. Tortajada (Eds.) Integrated Water Resources Management in South and Southeast Asia . pp. 325-341. New Delhi : Oxford University Press

CapNet: IWRM tutorial: http://www.cap-net.org/iwrm_tutorial/mainmenu.htm Cech, T.V. 2004, Principles of Water Resources: History, Development,

Management, and Policy. John Wiley and Sons: New York Grafton RQ, Hussey K, 2011, Water Resources Planning and Management.

Cambridge University Press. GWP, 2000, Integrated Water Resources Management, TAC background paper

No.4, GWP Stockholm Loucks DP, van Beek E, 2005.Water Resources Systems Planning and

Management - An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications. UNESCO publishing

UNESCO 2014. World Water Development Reports

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

This module requires basic knowledge in GIS and statistics. The material for self-learning will be provided GIS requirements using ArcGIS:

• create, open, and save projects • create, edit, analyze and present features (shapefiles) • perform basic raster analysis • use scripts for geo-processing

Statistics requirements: • Probability and distributions • Descriptive statistics

Using scripts for statistics analysis

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants • Understand and quantify key hydrological processes; • Design hydro-meteorological networks; • Statistically analyze hydrological time-series • Calculate water availability using simple hydrological, hydraulic and

groundwater models; Understand sediment transport processes

Content

Water balance at watershed scale Surface hydrology

• Fundamental hydraulic and hydrological principles • Hydrometry • Frequency analysis of hydrological time-series • Interception • Evapotranspiration (ET) • Infiltration • Baseflow • Runoff • Hydrographs • Flow routing

Groundwater hydrology (hydrogeology) • Groundwater monitoring • Darcy law and groundwater balance equation • Pumping tests • Hydrogeological modeling

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Sediment transport

• Sediment monitoring • Transport of cohesive sediment • Transport of non-cohesive sediment

Teaching Methods

Lectures, Self-study, group discussions, presentations to class Exercises on each topic presentation and discussion in class Excursion Discussion of examples from P-01 in class

Assessment Method

Written report

Recommended Reading

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 50 100 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Mechanics

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants • The various types of dams • The main items to convey water from the source to the demand

points • The hydroelectric power • Understand fundamentals of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics • Pre-design simple dams and channels

Content

Hydraulics • Fundamentals of hydrostatics • Flow in open channels • Flow in pipelines

Dams • Embankment dams • Concrete dams • Dam outlet works

River engineering • River morphology • Diversion works • Cross-drainage structures

Hydroelectric power • Potential • Classification • Pumps and turbines • Other components

Teaching Methods

• Lectures with inputs of basic knowledge • Assignment with presentation to special subjects • Field visits • Lab demonstrations

Assessment Method

Written Exam (60%), Assignment with presentation (20 + 20%)

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Recommended Reading

Course script Hamill, L.: Understanding hydraulics. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, New York, 2001. Chanson, H.: The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford 2001. Roberson, J. A. Et. Al.: Hydraulic Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, INC. New York, 1995. USBR: Design of Small Dams. Denver, Colorado, 1987. Novak, P., et. Al.: Hydraulic Structures. Taylor&Francis, New York, 2006. Simeons, C.: Hydropower. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1980.

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Name of Module Water and Agriculture Course Code W-04


IWRM NRM REM

Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 42 108 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites Recommended ITT-N-09 Soil and Water

Competencies

The student acquires knowledge on the social structures and governance policies of the irrigation sector. At the main operative level the student works on topics referring to irrigation procedures and operational plans. At the on-farm level students will learn to calculate crop water requirements focusing on the evapotranspiration (ET) using weather station data. Knowledge on water use efficiency at different scales brings the student in the position of understanding water management at the farm, scheme and watershed levels. Further capacities are developed in the field of assessing non-point sources of pollution from irrigated agriculture and their impacts, complemented with mitigation and management strategies.

Content

Water and irrigation management at the watershed level • Water policy and governance aspects • Water management at different scales: water uses, key-stakeholders,

water user’s associations Operation of irrigation at the main-distribution-system scale

• Irrigation system distribution components (primary canal, secondary units, tertiary units)

• Irrigation scheduling • Rigid schedules and flexible schedules • Examples of main-distribution system operation • Maintenance of irrigation schemes

Operation of irrigation at the on-farm scale • Identification of soil types and their soil-water holding capacity • Definition of crop’s evapotranspiration rates and determination of crop

and irrigation water requirements • Soil-water balance and yield response to water • Applications: managing a rotational water distribution system

Irrigation water use efficiency at different scales • The dual-sided debate on the theory of irrigation efficiency – Classical

and neoclassical measures of efficiency i) Basin-level efficiency and effective irrigation efficiency ii) Irrigation efficiency (scheme level) iii) On-farm irrigation efficiency

Development potentials of rain-fed agriculture: implications and trade-offs at the basin scale

• The Green and Blue water resources and flows

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• Options for developing rain-fed agriculture at the basin scale: integrated water and land management strategies

• Assessment of impacts of water management strategies to downstream water users and ecosystems

Agriculture and non-point sources (NPS) of pollution • Most important different potential sources of non-source pollution

associated with agriculture: i) Sediments ii) Nutrients iii) Pesticides iv) Salinity v) Other

• Approaches for monitoring and reducing the impacts of NPS of pollution from agriculture

Teaching Methods Lectures and short presentations, project-based exercises

Assessment Method Assignments, written exam

Recommended Reading

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

• Understand the economics behind efficiency and water productivity • Understand techniques to determine use and non-use values of water • Applies concepts of externalities, commons, free riders etc. • Distinguish, analyse and evaluate different pricing policies in the urban

water sector and the agricultural sector • Understand key terms and functions of water policies and legislations • Knows the key relevant stakeholders in the water sector and analyse their

roles and relationships • Analyse the process of collective decision making (participatory

management, negotiations etc.) in water resources planning. • Describe the basic elements of a national water policy using policy

analysis instruments • Analyse the water sector of a specific country by specifying legal

instruments and institutional roles • Know the principles of transboundary water management, river basin

organizations international water law, compare the pros and cons of different international conventions and agreements

Content

Introduction to Water Economics 1. Water Values 2. Basic Functions and Characteristics of Water Markets

Water Markets 1. Economics of Water Supply 1.1. Unit Costs of Water and Cost Recovery in Water Utilities 1.2. The Role of the Public and the Private Sector in Water Supply 1.3. Economics of Irrigation Investments .2. Economics of Water Demand in Agriculture

Water Pricing in Agriculture 1. Scarcity Price 2. Cost Recovery

Optimization of Water Allocation – Introduction to the Linear Programming Approach Urban Water Pricing and Regulation Basics of Water Policy and Legislations

1. Historical Overview and Key Terms 2. State Interventions and Water as an economic good and a human right

Water Institutions and Administration 1. Institutions, Stakeholders, Roles and Responsibilities in the Water Sector 2. Development and Analysis of (National Water Polities)

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Selected Issues on Water Sector Reform: (Decentralization, Performance etc.) Transboundary Water Management and International Water Law

1. Fundamentals of International Water Law 2. European Water Framework Directive and River Basin Organizations 3. International Experiences on Transboundary Water Management: Case

Studies from the Nile and Mekong

Teaching Methods

• Lectures • Educational Movies and Third Party E-Learning Materials • In-Class Exercises • Self-Study Students’ Presentation

Assessment Method

Written Exam (50%) and Term Paper (50%)

Recommended Reading

• Budds, J., McGranahan G 2003, Are the debates on water privatization missing the point? Experiences from Africa, Asia and Latin America, Environment and Urbanization Vol. 15, No 2, October, pages 87–113.

• FAO, 2001, Reform and Decentralization of Agricultural Services: A Policy Framework, Agricultural Policy and Economic Development Series 7, FAO Rome.

• Global Water Partnership Technical Advisory 2004, Catalyzing Change: Handbook for developing IWRM and water efficiency strategies, GWP Stockholm

• Patton, C., Sawicki, D. 1986, Basic methods of policy analysis and planning. NJ: Prentice-Hal

• Rogers P., Hall A. 2003, Effective Water Governance, TAC background paper No.7, GWP Stockholm

• The United Nations (UN) 2003, Better governance for development in the Middle East and North Africa: Enhancing inclusiveness and accountability World Bank, Washington, D.C

• The World Bank (UN) 2006, Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services; A Toolkit; The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

• UNDP (2006) Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis. UNDP, New York

• USAID 2010, Promoting Stakeholder Participation in Water Services Delivery in Chlina, USAID.

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Module Catalog X


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites Basics of Water Resources Management and Hydrology

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants 1. Conduct watershed/basin inventory. 2. Describe and quantify watershed functions/services 3. Analyse major problems and conflicts in (transboundary) basin

management: scarcity, excess and impaired quality of WR 4. Apply a systematic approach for river basin development including

land and water uses and the eco-hydrological status 5. Screen and identifies best solutions for the case of water

contamination and ecosystem health (decontamination, restoration etc.);

6. Develop watershed plans; 7. Differentiates pros and cons of different basin governance

approaches and RBOs

Content

Learning units: Basic concepts of IRBM /watershed management 1. The watershed inventory

1.1 Watershed as a system, nested concepts (e: delineate the boundary) 1.2 Description of climate+water cycle, water availability and quality over

space and time (e: calculate water budget; analyse water quality over space and time)

1.3 Topography, soils and land uses (e: apply different types of landscape zonations)

1.4 Socioeconomic issues 1.5 Economic activities which depend on water (agriculture, domestic

and industrial water supply, hydropower etc.) (e: calculate value of water)

1.6 Governance structures (e: stakeholder analysis) 1.7 Ecological aspects related to water resources (wetlands, riparian

zones, lakes, coastal areas, protection areas etc.) (e: Analysis of watershed functions and services related to quantity and quality of WR – MEA matrix. Spatial analysis and mapping of hydromorphology and river ecology)

2. Watershed Problem Analysis (transboundary) Methods for basin risk assessment, water conflict analysis. Problems in transboundary basins. Defining and comparing development targets for riverbasins. (quality, ecological flows, allocation, protection ….)

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3. River basin management tools, modelling and scenario development, DSS, watershed monitoring and information systems. Multi Criteria decision making, policy analysis, …

4. River basin development and planning / Basin governance (RBOs,); … Integrated planning approaches, river basin management plans, participation, awareness, capacity development etc.

5. River basin management tools. 6. Selected case studies and examples of implementation: Eco-hydrology and

river water quality (processes and management) / restoration

Teaching Methods

• Input lectures • Self-study, group discussions, presentations to class • Exercises: basin inventory, transboundary problem analysis, basin

modeling, river basin planning. • Discussion of examples from P-02 in class

Assessment Method

River Basin inventory (written report)

Recommended Reading

Beheim E.; Rajwar G.S.; Haigh M.; Krecek J. 2010. Integrated Watershed Management. Springer

Brils J, Brack W, Müller-Grabherr D, Négrel P, Vermaat JE; 2014, Risk informed Management of European River Basin. Springer

Debarry, PA. 2004. Watersheds: Processes, Assessment and Management. Wiley

EPA 2006. Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Nonpoint Source Control Branch, Washington, DC 20460

GWP-INBO, 2009 A Handbook for Integrated Water Resourcs Management in Basins

Heathcote IW. 2009. Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice. Wiley. Second edition

UNESCO 2009 IWRM guidelines at River Basin Level

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 50 100 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites Basic knowledge of water science

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants • The issues of public health • Wastewater drainage • Wastewater treatment • Appropriate techniques for drainage and treatment • Assess these techniques • Pre-design drainage systems and wastewater treatment plants

Content

1. Public health • Water-related diseases • Water supply and public health • Sanitation, water reuse and public health • Interlinkages between water management and health

2. Environmental aspects of wastewater • Quality issues in watercourses • Quality demands for treated wastewater (regulations)

3. Wastewater composition and quantity • Domestic wastewater • Storm water

4. Drainage • Centralised systems (separate , combined) • Design (hydraulics) • Construction (pipe materials) • Damages and rehabilitation • Decentralised systems

5. Wastewater treatment • Mechanical treatment (screening, grit removal, sedimentation) • Biological treatment (anaerobic; aerobic: activated sludge trickling filters) • Nutrient (P,N) removal • Ponds and wetlands • Alternative on-site treatment systems • Wastewater reuse

6. Sludge • Sources and characteristics • Treatment • Reuse and disposal

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Teaching Methods

• Lectures with inputs of basic knowledge • Assignment with presentation to special subjects • Field visits

Assessment Method

• Written Examination (60%) • Assignment with presentation (20+ 20%)

Recommended Reading

Course script Metcalf & Eddy: Wastewater Engineering. McGraw-Hill, 2003. Crites & Tschobanoglous: Small and decentralized wastewater management systems. McGraw-Hill, 1998. Tilley, E.et. al.: Compendium of sanitation systems and technologies. Zürich 2008 WHO Water, Sanitation and Health resources: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/sanitation/action/en/index.html Feachem, Richard G.; Bradley, David J.; Garelick, Hemda; Mara, D. Duncan:Sanitation and disease : health aspects of excreta and wastewater management, 1983 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1983/01/439534/sanitation-disease-health-aspects-excreta-wastewater-management

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

This module requires basic knowledge of hydrology, GIS, and statistics. Material for self-learning will be provided. Hydrology:

- Hydrological processes and their interrelationships - Hydrometry - Time series analysis

GIS requirements using ArcGIS: - create, open, and save projects - create, edit, analyze and present features - perform basic raster analysis

Statistics requirements: - Probability and distributions - Descriptive statistics

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants - understand flood management systems; - design flood early warning systems - design flood forecasting systems - analyze communication processes for flood warning dissemination - understand flood risk analysis processes - describe important flood mitigation and adaptation strategies

Content

Flood Management System • Definition and types, causes and impacts of floods • Flood management policies, programs and projects • Institutional and legal aspects of flood management • Structure of a flood management system

Flood Detection Systems • Hydro-meteorological ground detection systems • Hydro-meteorological remote sensing • Telemetry • Data storage and analysis

Flood and flood warning thresholds • Precipitation thresholds • Water level thresholds • Threshold performance analysis

Flood forecasting • Hydrological-hydraulic flood forecasting models

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• Statistical flood forecasting models • Post-processing of forecasting model results, model ensemble

Flood warning dissemination • Warning dissemination types • Warning dissemination infrastructure • Warning dissemination messages • Warning messages • Institutional arrangement for warning dissemination

Flood risk analysis • Floods hazards assessment • Flood vulnerability analysis • Flood risk maps

Flood mitigation and adaptation strategies • Emergency response • Nonstructural measures • Structural measures • People-centered flood mitigation and adaptation strategies • Natural mitigation strategies (eco-DRR)

Teaching Methods

Lectures Computer exercises Discussion of examples from P-03 in class

Assessment Method

Written examination, report and presentation

Recommended Reading

Kevin Sene (2008): Flood Warning, Forecasting and Emergency Response. 2008 Springer Science + Business Media B.V.

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Module Catalog X


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites Basics of Water Resources Management and Hydrology

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants • Analyse and quantify impacts of climate variability and change on water

scarcity through indicators and indices. • Describe measures to cope with water scarcity (storage options, RWH,

MAR). • Develop drought risk management strategies and plans (water allocation

plans; structural and non-structural measures, early warning etc).

Content

Learning units: 1. Understanding Scarcity and Drought

a. Spatio-temporal variability of climate parameters, dimensions of water scarcity, classification of droughts

b. The use of indicators and indices. c. Analyze and quantify drought hazard, vulnerability and risk d. Analyze and quantify impacts of climate variability and change on water

availability and hydrological extremes 2. Coping with water scarcity

a. Overview of strategies: conservation, allocation, new sources b. Conservation potential in agriculture, loss reduction in public networks c. Water allocation principles and to cope with scarcity at river basin level d. Rainwater harvesting, managed aquifer recharge and other storage

options 3. Coping with droughts

a. Drought monitoring and early warning b. Drought modeling c. Develop drought risk management strategies and plans (water allocation

plans; structural and non-structural measures, early warning etc).

Teaching Methods

Input lectures Self-study, group discussions, presentations to class Exercises: calculating drought indices, methods of drought vulnerability assessment, technology options to conserve water, setting up drought risk management plans

Assessment Method

River Basin inventory (written report)

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Recommended Reading

Nagarajan 2010, Drought Assessment. Springer Wilhite, DA, 2000, Drought: A Global Assessment, Routledge Iglesias, A.; Garrote, L.; Cancelliere, A.; Cubillo, F.; Wilhite, D.A. 2009 Coping

with Drought Risk in Agriculture and Water Supply Systems. Springer Linda Courtenay Botterill, Geoff Cockfield 2013. Drought, Risk Management, and

Policy: Decision-Making Under Uncertainty. CRC Press

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Name of Module Water Supply Course Code W-10


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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 50 100 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites Basic knowledge of water science

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants • Issues of water catchments • Drinking water quality and water treatment • Water distribution • Appropriate techniques for catchment, treatment and distribution. • Assess these techniques • Pre-design waterworks and distribution networks

Content

1. Water catchment • Ground water (definitions, hydraulics, wells, groundwater recharge,

protection) • Surface water (rivers, lakes) • Water harvesting (definition, types) • Sea water • Water reuse (definition, types)

2. Drinking water quality • Parameters (microbiological, chemical) • Water quality standards (WHO-Guidelines)

3. Water treatment • Overview • Aeration and gas stripping • Coagulation and flocculation • Sedimentation and flotation • Filtration (slow sand filters, rapid sand filters) • Adsorption of organic compounds • Disinfection • Point of use treatment • Desalination

4. Water distribution • Water demand, water losses • Systems ( decentralised, centralised, permanent, intermittent) • Water transport • Pumping • Storage

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Teaching Methods

• Lectures with inputs of basic knowledge • Assignment with presentation to special subjects • Lab demonstrations • Field visits

Assessment Method

• Examination (60%) • Assignment with presentation (20 + 20%)

Recommended Reading

Course script American Water works Association: Water Quality and Treatment. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1990. Ratnayaka, D. et al.: Twort´s Water Supply. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2009. Mays, L. et. al.: Urban Water Supply Handbook, McGraw-Hill, New York 2002

Module Coordinator

Michael Sturm

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

This module requires basic knowledge of hydrology, GIS, and statistics. Material for self-learning will be provided. Hydrology:

• Hydrological processes and their interrelationships • Basic time series analysis

GIS requirements using ArcGIS: • To create, open, and save projects • To create, edit, analyse and present features (shapefiles) • To perform basic raster analysis • To use scripts for geo-processing

Statistics requirements: • Probability and distributions

Descriptive statistics

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants will be able to 1. Use and develop geoprocessing tools for water resources system

analysis; 2. Use statistical tools for water resources system analysis 3. Analyse hydrological time-series 4. Apply flow and transport models for subsurface and surface hydrology;

Content

Geoprocessing applied to Water Resources Management • Geoprocessing tools and services for water resources management • Water information systems • Geostatistics • Tool development

Hydrostatistics • Frequency analysis, probability distribution and extreme values analysis • Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing • Regression and correlation • Time series analysis • Stochastic hydrological models • Risk analysis

Hydrological Modeling

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• Governing flow and transport equations for surface and subsurface hydrology

• Spatial and time discretization, boundary and initial conditions • Groundwater modeling application • Hydrological modeling application • Tools development for hydrological analysis

Teaching Methods

Lectures, Computer exercises on each topic, Discussion of examples from P-03 in class

Assessment Method

Exercises and written report

Recommended Reading

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participant • Understands land use systems (farming, forestry…) in terms of

production /provisioning systems • Explains land use and management systems and their impact on the

properties of soil, water, fauna, flora… • Understands and applies (sub-)system resilience of agricultural systems

• Distinguishes synergies and competition of conservation strategies in land use

Content

• Land-use systems and there adaptation within a human-ecological environment

• Land-use systems, farming systems, production systems • Interaction (Dependencies, impacts) of major land-use system of

agriculture and husbandry with natural resources, with other economic sectors, and with supportive supply and social infrastructure.

• Agricultural production systems and their systematic o grain crops o horticulture systems o husbandry systems o mixed systems o irrigated agricultural systems o Good Agricultural Practices and the concept of conservative

agriculture o conventional versus biological production system

• Forestry systems • Agroforestry systems

Teaching Methods

• Lectures • Excursions • Group work / Students‘ Presentations • Self-study

Assessment Method

• Paper presentation 100%

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Recommended Reading

Doppler, W. Rural and farming systems analysis environmental perspectives, Markgraf 2000. Doppler, W. and J. Calatrava (Eds.). Technical and social systems approaches for sustainable rural development. Weikersheim: Markgraf 2000, esp. pp. 3-21: W. Doppler. Farming and rural systems - State of the art in research and development, http://ifsa.boku.ac.at/cms/fileadmin/Books/2000_Doppler_FSR.pdf Ruthenberg, Hans: Farming Systems in the Tropics, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1971. Further up-to-date course related materials will be provided prior to lectures

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Name of Module Soil Management Course Code N-02


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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English/German

Prerequisites

Competencies

• Understanding soils as an open system and natural resource • Understanding major processes and properties of soils with a focus on soils of

the tropics and subtropics • Identifying soil properties and reconstructing soil formation processes in the

field • Understanding principles of soil mapping and soil classification • Evaluating and discussing suitable management practices in different climatic

regions of the tropics and subtropics • Analysing soil degradation processes and restoration potential at different

scales

Content

Block I: Soil development and properties Soil as a system Rocks, minerals and soils Soil development Clay minerals Organic substance in soils The soil profile Soil chemical properties and processes Soil physical properties and processes Soil biological properties and processes

Block II: Soil classification and soils of the tropics and subtropics Soil mapping Soil classification systems Major soils orders according to FAO/WRB and US Soil Taxonomy Major soils of the tropics and subtropics, their distribution, characteristics, land use potential, and vulnerability

Block III: Soil management Principles of soil management Managing soils of humid and semi-humid regions Managing soils of arid and semi-arid regions Managing soils of the Mediterranean regions

Block IV: Soil degradation and restoration Soil degradation as a global environmental problem Soil erosion Soil compaction Salinization Acidification Soil restoration

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Teaching Methods

• Lectures • Field visits • Exercises and case studies

Assessment Method

Written exam 100%

Recommended Reading

• Brady, N.C. & R.R. Weil (2010): Elements of the Nature and Properties of Soils (3rd Edition), Prentice Hall

• FAO (2006): World reference base for soil resources 2006, A framework for international classification, correlation and communication, Rome

• Juo, A.S.R. & K. Franzluebbers (2003): Tropical Soils: Properties and Management for Sustainable Agriculture (Topics in Sustainable Agronomy)", Oxford University Press

• Plaster, EJ (2003): Soil Science and Management, Delmare Learning • Sumner, M.E. (1999): Handbook of Soil Science, Crc Press • Zech, W. & G. Hintermaier-Erhard (2008): Soils of the world, Spektrum

Module Coordinator

Udo Nehren

Lecturers Dagmar Gaese, Udo Nehren, Wolfgang Kath-Petersen

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participant • compares economically the impacts and constraints of land use

(feasibility) • understands the economics of decision-making in farm-household

systems (farming systems) • applies farm economic indicators for analyzing adaptation strategies of • understands regulatory systems (legal frameworks, policies and

measures) in agriculture, forestry, and land use planning • analyses conflict potentials and conflicts (over resources) • understands competition of multiple use options (e.g. food, feed, fibre,

fuel) • Conduct economic analysis for optimum resource allocation in land-use • Formulate the resource allocation problem in land-use management,

considering issues of environmental protection, for the linear programming approach

Content

Farm resources management • The decision model of farm-household systems • Economic indicators for short-term and long-term decision making • Management of farm resources (production factors) • System context of land-use management • Production economics (factor-factor, factor-product, product-product

relations) • Economics of labour allocation • Introduction to the Linear Programming Approach for optimum resource

allocation Land ownership and market access

• Interaction with the socio-economic environment • Dependencies and farm gate prices • Associations and cooperatives • Land grabbing

Economic response models of farm – household systems to environmental change and regulative policies

• Command-and-control • Price policies and risks • Eco-labelling and fair trade • Payment for Ecosystem Services • REDD and REDD+

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Teaching Methods

Adaptive to offered project modules in the first semester; C03 will provide input to problem-based learning based on: • Lectures • Exercises in class / group work • Excursions • Self-study • Excursion reports

Assessment Method

Oral presentation 100%

Recommended Reading

FAO. Market Oriented Farming, Rome 2008. Viana, V. M. et al. REDD+ and Community Forestry: lessons learned from an exchange between Brazil and Africa. World Bank, Washington 2011 further up to date reading will be provided prior to course start

Module Coordinator

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Lecturers Sabine Schlüter

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Course Code N-04


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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites Module Natural Systems

Competencies

• Analysing landscapes and socio-ecological systems (complexity, interactions, resilience and other system characteristics)

• Defining and analysing ecosystem services, biodiversity / agrobiodiversity and their regulative and use potentials

• Understanding the instrinsic risks of biodiversity loss • Categorizing and applying conservation management • Applying computer software to analyse biodiversity and species distribution

patterns • Applying concepts of management of natural and cultural heritage • Writing a research proposal in an interdisciplinary and intercultural team

Content

Block 1: Ecosystems: their values and uses • Ecosystem functions, goods and services • The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Ecosystems and human well-

being • Quantifying ecosystem services (provisioning services, regulating services,

cultural services) • Case studies

Block 2: Biodiversity • Biodiversity and its value • Biodiversity loss as a global problem • The problem of invasive species • Traditional knowledge and biodiversity • Biodiversity in cultural landscapes • Biodiversity and climate change • Measuring biodiversity, species distribution modelling • Biodiversity and conservation • Sustainable use and benefit sharing of biological diversity • Biodiversity in different eco-zones: case studies

Block 3: Ecosystem management • Concepts, approaches and applications of ecosystem management and

nature conservation • Nature conservation strategies • Combining management of cultural and natural heritage • Payment for Ecosystem Services and REDD+

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• Ecotourism • Case studies

Block 4: Conservation of natural and cultural landscapes • Concepts, their evolving and transformation • UNESCO instruments: world heritage sites, Man and Biosphere program • Cultural landscape concept • Conservation strategies and instruments (including protected areas,

biosphere reserves, world heritage sites) • Case studies

Teaching Methods

• Lectures • Field trip • Computer lab • Group work with presentation

Assessment Method Group report (writing a research proposal)

Recommended Reading

• Alexander, M. (2009): Management Planning for Nature Conservation – A Theoretical Basis & Practical Guide, Springer.

• Begon, M., C.A. Townsend, J.L. Harper (2005): Ecology - from individuals to ecosystems, 5th ed., Wiley & Sons.

• Fowler, J.P. (2003) : World Heritage Cultural Landscapes 1992-2002, World Heritage Papers 6, UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

• Lovejoy, Th. & L. Hannah (2004): Climate change and biodiversity, Yale University Press.

• MacArthur, R.H. & E.O. Wilson (2001): The Theory of Island Biogeography, Princeton Landmarks in Biology.

• Odum, E., G.W. Barrett (2004): Fundamentals of Ecology, 5th ed., Brooks Cole.

• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) (http://www.millenniumassessment.org/).

• UNEP (2009): Mainstreaming Poverty-Environment Linkages into Development Planning: A Handbook for Practitioners (http://www.unpei.org/PDF/PEI-full-handbook.pdf).

• UN-Habitat (2008): State of the World’s Cities 2008/2009 - Harmonious Cities, Earthscan.

• Wilson, E.O. (1988): Biodiversity, National Academic Press. • Van Dyke, F. (2002): Conservation Biology – Foundations, Concepts,

Applications, Springer.

Module Coordinator Udo Nehren

Lecturers Udo Nehren, Claudia Raedig, Simone Sandholz

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 42 108 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

The graduate, upon completion of the course • Understand different technical and social infrastructures for service provision • Understand the governance of service provision • Conceptualize access and barriers to infrastructure services and shelter in

the global South • Explain the principles of urban real estate and housing markets • Analyze cases of urban service / infrastructure provision, urban upgrading

and resettlement

Content

• Urban infrastructures typology • Governance of service provision

o Service providers in primary, secondary sector, civil society o Concepts of PS/PS participation / privatization

• Settlement structures and housing typology • Land ownership and real estate markets

o Housing in the Global South o Legal issues of migration, settlement, tenancy o Housing providers in primary, secondary sector, civil society

• Urban renewal o Low-cost housing and social housing o Slum upgrading and resettlement o Infrastructure service provision and the poor

Teaching Methods

• Lectures and short presentations • Case study analysis • Role play

Assessment Method Case study Report 100%

Recommended Reading

• Arnott, R 2009: Housing Policy in Developing Countries. In: Spence, M et al. 2009 : Urbanization and Growth. World Bank

• Davis, M. (2007): Planet of slums. Verso • Grant, J. & Mittelsteadt, L., (2004): Types of gated communities.

Environment and Planning B: Planning and design. • Herrle, P. & Walther, U. (eds. 2005): Socially Inclusive Cities: emerging

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concepts and practices. LIT • Jenkins, P., Smith, H. & Wang, Y. (2007): Planning and Housing in the

Rapidly Urbanising World, London, New York. • Kessides, I. 2005: Reforming Infrastructure: Privatization, regulation,

and Competition. World Bank. • Misztal, B. 2000: Informality: Social Theory and Contemporary Practice • Potter, R., Binns, T et al. 2008³: Urban Spaces. In: ibid. Geographies of

Development. Pearson. • Shatkin, G. (2004): Planning to Forget: Informal Settlements as ‘Forgotten

Places’ in Globalising Metro Manila. Urban Studies, 41, 2469–2484. • UN Habitat 2010: Solid waste management in the Worlds Cities. UN Habitat /

Earthscan • UNFPA (2007): State of world population 2007. UNFPA • UN-Habitat (2003): The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human

Settlements 2003. Earthscan • UN-Habitat (2006): Enabling shelter strategies: review of experience from

two decades of implementation. UN-Habitat/Earthscan

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 50 100 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites None

Competencies

• Understand the concept of socio-ecological systems and their characteristics • Understand concepts of disaster risk and key components of risk including

vulnerability (in ecological and social terms), exposure, hazard, coping capacity, adaptive strategy and resilience

• Analyse trends in disaster occurrence worldwide • identify main actions undertaken for DRR and main actors at the global,

national and local levels • Understand the linkages between disasters, ecosystems and risk reduction • Apply risk analysis (natural hazards, food, basic supplies, health, multiple

risk sets) • Assess resilience of natural, agricultural, social, and urban systems • Identify a range of ecosystem management tools and approaches, and

understand their links with DRR and CCA • Evaluate disaster risk, vulnerabilities and resilience • Apply DRM concepts in rural and urban environments

Understand importance of cross sectoral partnerships for successful Eco-DRR, financial mechanisms and political challenges

Content

Block I: Elements of Disaster Risk Reduction • Introduction to DRR • Global data on risk, disasters and ecosystems • Linking climate change adaptation and DRR • Modelling risk, vulnerability and sustainable development • Coping capacities and concept of resilience • Disaster preparedness and prevention • Relief, recovery and reconstruction • Disaster Risk Reduction and Spatial Planning • Data and tools for vulnerability assessments • Data and tools for risk assessments • Constructing your own risk map and VCA

Block II: Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction • Linking global environmental problems and disasters • Linking sustainable development, disasters and environment • Major eco-zones, hazards and impact on population • Ecosystem Services for vulnerability reduction • Ecological engineering for DRR

Block III: Eco-DRR Instruments and Approaches • Introduction to instruments and approaches for Eco-DRR • Spatial planning tools and approaches for DRR

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• Linking IWRM, ICZM, and Protected area management to DRR • Managing ecosystems for urban risk reduction • Ecosystem-based adaption (EbA) • Community-based Ecosystem and Disaster Risk Management

Block IV: Mainstreaming Environment & DRR • Mainstreaming Eco-DRR • Fundamentals of effective Advocacy for Eco-DRR

Economics and financing of DRR

Teaching Methods

• Lectures • Case studies • Educational media • Practical and theoretical exercises • Role plays • Field trip

Assessment Method

Report (Case Study Analysis OR Conceptual Review)

Recommended Reading

Birkmann, J. (2006) Measuring vulnerability to promote disaster resilient societies: Conceptual frameworks and definitions. In: Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards, Towards Disaster, Tokyo: UNU Press Cavallo, E., I. Noy, S. Galiani & J. Pantano (2010) Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth, Inter-American Development Bank, IDB Working Papers Series No. IDB-WP-183. Estrella, M. & N. Saalismaa (2011) Demonstrating the Role of Ecosystems-based Management for Disaster Risk Reduction. UNISDR GAR Report, 48pp. Geneva: Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction IPCC [Interagency Panel on Climate Change] (2012) Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) Lombarda, M., T. Guillén Bolaños, U. Nehren, S. Sandholz & K. Sudmeier-Rieux (2014): The Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction Exercise Source Book. CNRD, IUCN (in press) MEA [Millennium Ecosystem Assessment] (2005) Ecosystems and human well-being: Current State and Trends, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Washington: Island Press Renaud, F., Sudmeier-Rieux, K. & M. Estrella (eds.) (2013) The role of ecosystem management in disaster risk reduction. Tokyo: UNU Press Sudmeier-Rieux, K., H. Masundire, A. Rizvi & S. Rietbergen (eds) (2006) Ecosystems, Livelihoods and Disasters: An integrated approach to disaster risk management. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 58 pp. Sudmeier-Rieux, K. & N. Ash (2009) Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction. IUCN Commission for Ecosystem management series no. 8. Gland, Switzerland. Turner, B., et al. (2003) A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science. PNAS, 100, 8074-8079. UNDP [United Nations Development Programme] (2010) Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Development at the National Level. A Practical Framework. UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery. UNISDR [United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2005) Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015. www.preventionweb.net UNISDR [United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2011) Global Assessment Report, Revealing Risk, Redefining Development. 178pp. Warner, K., Ranger, N., Surminski, S., Arnold, M. et.al. (2009) Adaptation to climate change: Linking disaster risk reduction and insurance. Geneva: UNISDR.

Module Coordinator

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 42 108 150

Term Language

Sumer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of this module the participants • understands the concept of food security in rural and urban environments • understand the instruments of food aid • understands competition of multiple land use options in relation to food

security (e.g. food, feed, fibre, fuel) • describes the consequences of over-consumption • systematically compares and evaluates demand side vs supply side

interventions • conduct an analysis of the economic instruments in food security policy • systematically compares and evaluates demand side vs supply side

interventions • understands consumption patterns and elasticity of demand • adopts specific pro-poor perspectives in food security policy analysis • understands the influence of international trade and market mechanisms on

food security

Content

Development of global food supply and hunger Introduction to food security concepts The role of food aid and comparison of food aid instruments Urban food security • purchasing power (pro-poor perspective) • market interventions • consumption patterns and education • Urban agriculture

Rural food security and local food supply • Competiveness of family farming sector, role of subsistence • Risks through environmental deterioration and climate change

Food Security and Health National food security policies International Trade • International trade agreements • Market developments in major consumer’s markets • GMOs in the production chain • Food speculation

Analysis of food (price) crises and lessons learnt

Teaching Methods

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Students‘ Presentations

Assessment Method

Paper presentation 100%

Recommended Reading

Module Coordinator

Sabine Schlüter

Lecturers Sabine Schlüter, Juan-Carlson Torrico, Hartmut Gaese

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Course Code N-08


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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 42 108 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

The graduate, upon completion of the course • Provide an overview of resource efficient planning principles • Select regionally/locally adapted building methods and materials • Analyse/evaluate resource efficiency of building and urban designs • Incorporate an impact assessment into the planning procedure

Content

• Energy efficient planning and construction • Construction principles – traditional and modern • Climatically adapted urban planning and construction • Certification on resource efficient buildings (LEED, BREEAM, DGNB, etc.)

and urban quarters and transfer to global South countries • Policies and standards for resource efficiency in the built environment • Policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the built environment

Teaching Methods

• Lectures • Short presentation with term paper • Course exercises (incl. climate analysis and design principles)

Assessment Method Project report OR term paper (100%)

Recommended Reading

• Hegger, M. et al. 2008: Energy manual: sustainable architecture. Birkhäuser. • Givoni, B., 1976². Man, climate and architecture. Applied Science. • Koenigsberger, O., 19804. Manual of Tropical Housing and Building Design:

Climatic design Longman. • Lippsmeier, G. & Kluska, W., 1969. Tropenbau. Building in the tropics.

Callwey. • Szokolay, S., 2008². Introduction to architectural science: the basis of

sustainable design. Elsevier/Architectural Press. • Davoudi, S. et al. 2009: Planning for Climate Change. Elgar

• Further Reading: • Baker, N. A., K., & Szokolay, S. V., 2001. Climate Responsive Architecture:

A design Handbook for Energy Efficient Buildings. Tata McGraw-Hill. • BMVBS 2009: Nutzung städtischer Freiflächen für erneuerbare Energien.

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• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers,

1997. ASHRAE Handbook: Fundamentals. ASHRAE.

• Hyde, R., 2008. Bioclimatic housing: innovative designs for warm climates, Earthscan.

• Lantsberg, A., 2005. Sustainable urban energy planning: A roadmap for research and funding, California Energy Commission Public Interest Energy Research Program.

• Pistohl, W., 2003. Handbuch der Gebäudetechnik. Werner • WBCSD, 2006. Energy Efficient in Buildings, Business realities and

Opportunities, WBCSD. Software: • Climate Consultant 4.0

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Course Code N-09


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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 42 108 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

The graduate, upon completion of the course • Understands regulatory systems (legal frameworks, policies and measures)

related to land use systems • Analyses specific sectorial policies • Conceptualizes regional (rural) development theories and their relation to

regional development policies (and ODA history) • Differentiates urban management and urban governance approaches and

measures • Applies concepts of community based management • Selects appropriate approaches to analyze development on respective

scales • Understand multi-level governance and trans boundary planning

Content

• Scale and space in social sciences and geography • Community based management

o Commons and Common Pool Resources o Needs-based and asset based planning o Community based management

• Regional development and management o Rural-urban gradient and the region o Territorial trap o Regional development theories, principles of relational economic

geography o Transboundary planning approaches

• Urban management o Urban governance vs. urban management o Urban management strategies, methods and tools (e.g. UDMS)

• Multi-level governance o Multi-level governance in the EU and beyond o Political ecology and related concepts

Teaching Methods

Seminar format Presentations and group discussion

Assessment Method Case study Report 100%

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Recommended Reading

• Agrawal, A. and Gibson; C. (1999): Enchantment and Disenchantment: The Role of Community in Natural Resource Conservation, World Development, 27(4), 629-649.

• Amen, M, Toly, N.J. et al. 2011: Cities and Global Governance • Berkes, F. (2004): Rethinking Community-Based Conservation,

Conservation Biology, 18(3), 621-630. • Blaikie P (2005) Changing environments and changing views? A Political

Ecology for Developing Countries. Geography 80/3. • Brunnengräber, A. , Walk, H. 2007: Multi-Level-Governance. Nomos • Bryant R, Bailey S (1997/2000): Third World Political Ecology. Routledge

237 p • Campbell, L.M. and Vainio-Mattila, A. (2003): Participatory Development and

Community-Based Conservation: Opportunities Missed for Lessons Learned? Human Ecology, 31(3), 417-437.

• Capello, R. and Hijkamp. P. 2009: Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories. Elgar.

• Cash, D. W., W. Adger, F. Berkes, P. Garden, L. Lebel, P. Olsson, L. Pritchard, and O. Young. 2006. Scale and cross-scale dynamics: governance and information in a multilevel world. Ecology and Society 11(2): 8.

• Feeny, D., Berkes, F; McCay, B.; Acheson, J. (1990): The Tragedy of the Commons: Twenty-Two Years Later, Human Ecology, 18(1), 1-19.

• Hardin, G. (1968): The Tragedy of the Commons, Science, 162, 1243-1248. • Jenkins T (2000) Postmodernity in practice: endogenous development and

the role of traditional cultures in rural development of marginal regions. Ecological Economics 34

• Li, T.M. (2002): Engaging Simplifications: Community-Based Resource Management, Market Processes and State Agendas in Upland Southeast Asia, World Development, 30(2), 265–283.

• Ostrom, E.; Burger, J.; Field, C.; Norgaard, R; Policansky, D. (1999): Revisiting the Commons: Local Lessons, Global Challenges. Science 284: 278-28.

• Pierre, J. 2001: The politics of urban governance. Palgrave • Spence, M. Arnez, P.C. and Buckly, R.M. 2009: Urbanization and growth.

IBRD / World Bank • UN-Habitat (2008): An asset-based approach to community development

and capacity-building, Nairobi, UN-Habitat. • Van Dijk, M.P. 2006: managing Cities in Developing Countries. Elgar • Young, O. 2006. Vertical interplay among scale-dependent environmental

and resource regimes. Ecology and Society 11(1): 27. Further reading:

• Bathelt G, Glückler J (2003) Relationale Wirtschaftsgeographie. Ulmer, 319 p.

• Blaikie, P. (2006): Is Small Really Beautiful? Community-based Natural Resource Management in Malawi and Botswana, World Development Vol. 34, No. 11, pp. 1942–1957,

• Chambers, Robert (1995): The Primacy of the Personal. In M. Edwards, D. Hulme (eds.) Non-governmental organisations – Performance and accountability: Beyond the magic bullet. London: Earthscan Publications Limited, 207–217.

• Goebel, A. (1998): Process, Perception and Power: Notes from ‘Participatory’ Research in a Zimbabwean Resettlement Area, Development and Change, 29, 277-305.

• Jensen B (ed. 1992): Planning as a Dialogue. District development Planning and management in Developing Countries. SPRING Research 2.

• Keeble, S. (2006): Asset-based community development – A literature

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review, Department of Sociology, Humboldt State University. • Mosse, D. (2001): ‘People’s Knowledge’, Participation and Patronage:

Operations and Representations in Rural Development, in B. Cooke and U. Kothari (eds.) Participation: The New Tyranny? London and New York: Zed Books, 16-35.

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

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Prerequisites

Competencies

• Describe the current Nexus Policy debate and identify the most important interlinks between water, energy and land resources use.

• Interpret the effects of resource use in one sector on resource availability, use efficiency and resource sustainability in another sector

• Analyze different resource management issues across at least two sectors from a technical and managerial perspectives

• Evaluate different pathways to achieve synergies and minimize trade-offs in the integrated management of different sectors

• Selects adequate tools to analyse complex socio-ecological systems in order to assess Nexus issues

Content

Introduction to the Nexus Paradigm in Natural Resources Management • Motivation behind the Nexus: External Effects, Key Trade-Offs and

Synergies • Nexus Governance: The Role of Policy Coherence and Sectoral Integration

Eco-Innovations for the Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus

Conceptual and Quantitative Evaluation of Interactions in the Water-Energy-Land-Climate Nexus: Selected Issues and Case Studies on the Interlinks between Water, Energy and Land Management • Cross-cutting Issues: Waste Management, Multi-Purpose Dams, Nexus in

Slums etc. • Land and Energy Management: Energy Demand in the Land Sector • Energy and Water Management: Hydropower and Multi-Purpose dams,

Energy Demand in the Water Sector Analysis and Modeling Approaches in the Nexus • WEAP-LEAP Models • Socio- and Bio-Economic Modeling and Decision Support Systems

Outlook: Implications and Implementation Pathways of the Nexus Sustainability Paradigm for Integrated Management

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Teaching Methods

• Input lectures • Self-study, group discussions, presentations to class • Exercises: problem tree analysis, DPSIR, multi criteria decision matrix,

IWRM concept: reading of texts with different opinions – presentation and discussion in class

• Discussion of examples from P-01 in class

Assessment Method Exercises + Final Case Study Report

Recommended Reading

• Report by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP): “The Status of the Water – Food – Energy Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific region”

• Reports by the World Economic Forum: “Global Risks”

• Reports by the European Union “European Development Reports (EDR)”

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http://www.unescap.org/esd/Energy-Security-and-Water-Resources/water/egm/2013/wfe-nexus/documents/background-papers/Status-of-the-Water-Energy-Food-Nexus-15%20March.pdf

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 100 150

Term Language

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Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of the module, the students • Understand the basics of energy • Assess different energy conversion technologies and energy efficiency • Analyse world energy consumption, energy resources and energy reserves

and the potential of different renewable energy resources • Distinguish different sectorial uses of energy • Understand energy production and supply chains • Evaluate the sustainability of energy technologies (e.g. climate change) • Understand energy storage systems • Define the other energy technologies (hydrogen, fuel cell, hybrid energy

systems, e-mobility etc.)

Content

Basics of energy (3h) • Units and forms of energy

Energy conversion technology (9h) • Different energy conversion technologies • Energy production and supply chain

World energy supply (8h) • Global major energy resources and reserves • World energy demand and supply • Energy use and climate change impacts

Renewable energy resources and technologies (17h) • Renewable energy resources measurement and potential assessment:

Solar resources, Wind resources, Bio energy resources, Hydropower resources, geothermal resources, etc.

• Hybrid energy system concept • E-mobility and other new forms of energy applications

Energy storage (3h) • Basics of energy storage and storage types

Sustainability assessment of energy systems (5h) • Energy indicators for sustainable development • Energy and sustainability – a nexus approach

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Teaching Methods

Lecture, group work

Assessment Method

Written examination: 100%

Recommended Reading

Understanding Renewable Energy Systems. Author: Volker Quaschning, Publisher: Routledge Renewable Energy Resources. Authors: John Twidell, Tony Weir, Publisher: Taylor & Francis Boyle, G. 20xx: Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future. Oxford University Press IEA, WEO, etc. reports

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Lecturers Ramchandra Bhandari, Thorsten Schneiders

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 50 100 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of the module the students • Judge on the usability of different biogenic energy sources in a local

context. • Analyse the bio-resources potential for energetic use. • Explain the different conversion processes to generate fuel in different

states: solid, liquid and gas. • Develop concepts for biogas and biomass based heating systems. • Assess whether a thermodynamic energy conversion system suits an

application. • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the use of geothermal

power in a local context.

Calculate efficiency, power consumption and heat production of heat pump systems in different applications.

Content

Biogenic raw material as primary energy source (10) • Biogenic raw materials such as residues and energy crops • Energy crops and their agricultural demands • Biogenic raw materials and their intrinsic properties • Sustainable production of energy crops • Potential of biogenic energy sources – locally and globally

Conversion processes: biogenic raw material to second. fuels (12) • Biomass pelleting • Oil extraction and esterification • Thermochemical conversion: carbonization, pyrolysis and gasification

Thermodynamic conversion processes: biogenic energy to heat and power (12)

• Fundamental thermodynamics • Design of biogas and biomass based heating systems • Heat engines: thermal power plants, petrol engines, Diesel engines,

Stirling machines … Geothermal energy (16)

• Deep geothermic applications for heating an electricity production

Use of near-surface geothermal energy and ambient heat by application of heat pumps

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Teaching Methods

Lecture, group work, exercises, plenary discussions

Assessment Method

Written examination: 100%

Recommended Reading

Sustainable Agriculture; Lichtfouse, E.; Navarrete, M.; Debaeke, P.; Véronique, S.; Alberola, C. 2009 Springer, Berlin Thermodynamics: an Engineering Approach, Cengel, Yunus A./ Boles, Michael A, 2010 McGraw-Hill, New York Refrigerating Engineering, Eric Granryd, 2005 Royal Institute of Technology,KTH; Stockholm More to be announced in the classroom

Module Coordinator

Klaus-Jürgen Lambers

Lecturers Christiane Rieker ,Klaus-Jürgen Lambers

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Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites None

Competencies

After completion of the module, the students • Understand basics of energy economics • Analyse the experience curves of renewable energy systems • Evaluate the grid parity analysis of renewable energy technologies • Understand the value and price of energy • Understand market failures and price building • Understand energy market mechanism (monopoly, oligopoly, etc.) • Analyze renewable energy markets - status quo and future development

Content

Energy economics (6h) • Principle of energy economics and financial mathematics • Energy economics models • Renewable energy and levelized costs • cost, price and value of energy

Experience curve and grid parity (9h) • Learning curve theory • Grid parity • Breakeven analysis • exercises and case studies on different RE technologies (solar PV, wind,

etc.) and countries (Germany, others) Feasibility study of energy projects (18h)

• Introduction to feasibility study and RETScreen • Project work on feasibility study of clean energy projects with RETScreen

Energy markets (12h) • Energy market structures – monopoly, oligopoly, etc. • Markets on the energy production chain • Value and price of energy • Energy resources pricing and allocation • Energy demand markets and energy use • Intermodal energy use, backup systems

Energy system job effects

Teaching Methods

Lecture, project work, exercises

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Written examination: 50%, Project work (e.g. RETScreen) presentation: 50%

Recommended Reading

Energy Economics: Concepts, Issues, Markets and Governance. Author: Subhes C. Bhattacharyya, Publisher: Springer Energy Finance: Analysis and Valuation, Risk Management, and the Future of Energy. Authors: Betty Simkins, Russell Simkins, Publisher: Wiley RETScreen engineering textbooks More: to be announced in the classroom

Module Coordinator

Ramchandra Bhandari

Lecturers Ramchandra Bhandari, Johannes Hamhaber

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites None

Competencies

After completion of the module, the students • Analyse the energy efficiency measures • Carry out the feasibility study of different energy efficient technologies • Analyse efficiency measures in residential, commercial, industrial and transport

sector • Analyse the emissions from industry, trade, residential areas and traffic • Evaluate the material flow management in renewable energy technologies • Prepare inventory database • Calculate life cycle impact categories of energy technologies • Evaluate the environmental impact assessment of renewable energy projects • Describe the GHG emission mitigation and adaptation measures for

conventional plants, e.g. CCS

Content

Energy and Environment (9h) • Energy consumption and climate change • Energy saving strategies for reducing climate change impacts • Evaluation of emissions from defined and diffusive sources from industry,

residential areas, traffic, etc. • Greenhouse gases reduction policies • Environmental impact assessment

Energy efficiency principles and practices (14h) • Residential sector • Industrial sector • Transport sector • Production and planning sectors

Energy efficiency regulations (9h) • Energy efficiency norms and standards (e.g. in EU and Germany) • Feasibility of energy efficiency projects

Life cycle assessment (18h) • Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) (ISO 14040 and 14044) in

details • LCA simulation tools (open LCA, Gabi, etc.) • Sustainable life cycle assessment - life cycle costing and social life cycle

assessment

Teaching Methods

Lecture, project work, exercises

Assessment Method

Written examination: 50%, Project work report: 50%

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Recommended Reading

EU guidelines for LCA ISO standards for LCA (14040 and 14044) More: to be announced in the classroom

Module Coordinator

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Lecturers Ramchandra Bhandari

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 50 100 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of the module students • Explain the physics of solar radiation • Describe the functionality of photovoltaic and thermal solar systems • Develop concepts of solar based district energy supply systems • Estimate dimensions and economics of solar based district energy supply

systems • Discuss the sustainability and the reliability of solar based district energy

supply systems

Content

Photovoltaics (16) • Principles of solar cells and of solar radiation, PV modules, PV system

configuration, grid connected and island PV system sizing, simulation of PV systems based on PVSOL

Solar thermal systems (16) • Energy transformation: radiation to heat

collector types and heat transfer mechanisms • Energy transformation: heat to electricity

thermal power plants and low temperature transformation (ORC) • Solar energy application

process heat and cooling application (air conditioning) Project: Development of an energy concept for a small district (18)

• Groups get the task to develop a combined electrical and heat concept for a district.

• The district of each group has different peripheral conditions such as climate data, degree of development, infrastructure, industry, inhabitants

• The students decide on applied technologies and components based and discuss their decisions in the group

The students present their concept in final presentation

Teaching Methods

Lecture, group work, exercises, plenary discussions

Assessment Method

Written examination: 70%, Project work /Presentation: 30%

Recommended Reading

Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems. Author: Author: Soteris A. Kalogirou, Publisher: Academic Press Solar Electricity Handbook - 2013 Edition: A Simple Practical Guide to Solar Energy - Designing and Installing Photovoltaic Solar Electric Systems. Author: Michael Boxwell, Publisher: Greenstream Publishing

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Module Coordinator

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Lecturers Ulf Blieske, Christiane Lambers

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Course Code E-06


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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

3 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Summer English

Prerequisites

Competencies

The graduate, upon completion of the course • Understands the history and principle objectives of energy policies • Understands the market failures in (network based) energy systems • Masters a typology of energy policy measures • Analyses a corporate energy strategy • Analyses the portfolio of policy measures for energy system transition

Content

• Energy system challenges • Energy policy

o Energy policy triangle, complementary and competing goals Energy policy legislation

• Energy systems structure, actors and governance o Public, Private sector and third sector energy service provision (ESP) o Regulatory structures

• Review of specific energy policies (case based), e.g. o Environmental regulation esp. regarding Climate Change governance o Pro-poor policies

• Corporate Policy and Management of ESPs (case based), e.g. o Adoption to changing energy law o Corporate strategies

• Integrated policies for energy system transition (towards renewable energy) o Goals and objectives o Policy measures and impacts

o Conflicts, contradictions and challenges

Teaching Methods

Lectures and External Expert Guest Lectures, Students’ Group work Field visit (energy provider, energy policy institutions,… e.g. in Bonn, Brussels)

Assessment Method

Term paper (100%) (Policy analysis, Country analysis)

Recommended Reading

• Bauknecht, D. 2011: Transforming the Grid. Electricity System Governance and Network Integration in Distributed generation. Nomos.

• Kahn, E. 1991²: Electric Utility Planning& Regulation. ACEEE. • Kessides, I. 2005: Reforming Infrastructure: Privatization, regulation, and

Competition. World Bank. • Kissel, J.M. 2008: Adaptation von Feed-In-Laws an die

Rahmenbedingungen in Schwellenländern (Brasilien). mbv. • Journal Articles (e.g. ‘Energy’ and ‘Energy Policy’; Newbery, Jamasb, …) • Current Energy policy reports of EU, Germany and selected countries, see

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e.g. www.dena.de; www.bmwi.de; www.bmu.de; www.erneuerbare-energien.de www.energy.eu

Webfeed Energy Policy and Regulation Group http://www.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk

Module Coordinator

Johannes Hamhaber

Lecturers Johannes Hamhaber, Thorsten Schneiders

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 50 100 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites

Competencies

After completion of the module, the students • Understand the physics of wind energy • Design wind energy projects and use wind park planning tools (e.g.

WINDPRO) • Analyse wind energy systems • Understands the principles to use hydro power in order to generate electricity

Content

Wind energy (32h) • Wind resources, physics of wind, aerodynamics • Wind measurements • History of wind power, types of wind turbines • Nacelle, power train, gear, breaks, etc. • Electrical Systems for wind turbines • Control aspects • Power and energy yield of wind turbines • Planning and operation of wind turbines

Wind project planning (WindPro) (15h) • Introduction into the wind park planning software WindPRO • Conduction of a wind park planning project

Hydropower (3h) • Technologies of hydro power applications • Basics of power generation with different hydro sources • Run-of-the-river power plants • Stored and pumped stored hydro power • Tidal power, marine currents and wave energy

Teaching Methods

Lecture, group work, exercises

Assessment Method

Written examination: 50%, Case study (individual or) group report: 50%

Recommended Reading

European Wind Atlas Erich Hau: Windkraftanlagen Siegfried Heier: More to be announced in the classroom

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Module Catalog x


Self-study (h)

Total workload (h)

5 3 45 105 150

Term Language

Winter English

Prerequisites None

Competencies

After completion of the module, the students • Understand the basics of energy systems planning procedure • Analyse (calculate and simulate) the sectorial energy demand (electrical,

thermal, etc.) • Calculate the (renewable) energy resource potential • Calculate (design) the supply system • Analyse the supply alternatives (stand alone, mini-grids, etc.) • Perform the economic feasibility study of the developed project • Research the other factors that have influence on the developed project

(political, social, environmental, etc.) • Make a decision on implementation of the developed project • Learn to deal with the other stakeholders (investors, policy makers)

Content

Basics of energy planning (6h) • Energy planning theories and models, decentralized energy supply

system characteristics, rural electrification – principle and practices, etc. • Energy planning tool - LEAP

Energy demand assessment (6h) • Holistic sectorial (household, industrial, etc.) energy demand

characteristics (electrical, thermal, etc.), demand analysis methods, energy demand data collection procedures and analyses, energy demand calculation and forecasting, etc.

Energy supply system (20h) • Energy resources assessment and analysis for the site under study,

renewable resources and technology selection methodologies, selection of proper supply infrastructure alternatives (decentralized vs. central), sizing of the energy supply systems required to meet energy demand (electrical, thermal, etc.), simulation of hybrid energy systems (e.g. use of HOMER software), etc.

Economics of the supply system (5h) • Economic analysis methods for energy supply systems, business and

financing models, rural energy supply projects operation models Decision making (8h)

• Environmental, policy, regulatory and other factors relevant to the energy supply systems for the site under study

• Socio-economic impacts of the supply systems

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• Sustainable operation models

Teaching Methods

Lecture, project work

Assessment Method

Presentation: 30%, project work group report: 70%

Recommended Reading

Rural Electrification Through Decentralized Off-grid Systems in Developing Countries. Author: Bhattacharyya (Ed.), Publisher: Springer More: to be announced in the classroom

Module Coordinator

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Lecturers Ramchandra Bhandari

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