UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA
“JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO”
Experimental Campus of Sorocaba
SYLLABUS
Subject
Watersheds Handling and Management
Code
Responsible
Lecturer(s)
WHM
To be defined
Concentration Areas
Environmental Diagnosis, Treatment and Recovery.
Level
Academic Master’s Degree ( X ) Doctoral Degree
( X)
Type
Not-Mandatory ( X ) Mandatory ( )
Credits
12
Total Hours
180
Schedule
Maximum No. of
Students
30
Hours
Maximum No. of
Students
Theoretical
Practical
Theor/Practic
al
Other
60h
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120h
30
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30
Summary
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Water resources and environmental context
Watershed and hydrological cycle.
Surface water and impacts over water resources quality and quantity
water resources management
Models of water resources management
Soil formation factors and processes.
Erosion: concept, modalities and mechanics of erosive process.
Program Content
To be done.
Environmental Sciences Graduate Program
Avenida três de Março, 511 – CEP 18087-180 - Sorocaba - SP.
Goals
To present to the student the water resources conditions of a particular area of
interest and some diagnosis tools, which will be used for directing planning and
management actions of these resources, using as well the understanding of
necessary legislation.
Teaching Methodology
Lectures, approaching theoretical matters of the subject, using audiovisual resources.
Practical classes in the field and lab.
Evaluation Criteria
Reports on practical classes, seminar (oral and written), participation during the course,
exercises. Based on these evaluations a concept (A, B, C and R) shall be attributed to
each student in accordance with Unesp Ordinance No. 30/2010.
Unesp Ordinance No. 30/2010. Art. 24: The student’s performance evaluation in the
subjects shall be expressed with the following concepts: 1 – A (excellent); II – B
(good); III – C (average); and IV – R (failed). Sole paragraph – Concepts A, B and C
entitle the student to the credits of the respective subject.
Basic Bibliography
Bibliography:
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BEDIENT, P. B. Hydrology and floodplain analysis. Harlow: Prentice-Hall,
2008.
BROOKS, K. N. Hydrology and management of watersheds. Ames:
Blackwell. 2003.
CHANG, M. Forest hydrology. Boca Raton: Taylor & francis Group, 2006.
CHOW, V. T. Applied Hydrology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010.
FETTER, C.W.C. Applied Hydrogeology. Upper Saddle River: PrenticeHall, 2008.
HAWKINS, R.H. Curve Number Hydrology: state of the practice. Reston:
ASCE/EWRI, 2009.
MORGAN, R.P.C. Soil Erosion and Conservation. New York: Wiley, 2005.
WARD, A.D.; TRIMBLE, S.W. Environmental Hydrology. Boca Raton:
Lewis Publishers, 2004.
KIM, H. Environmental Soil Science. 3rd Edition. New York : Marcel
Dekker, 2009.
SENE, K. Hydrometeorology: Forecasting and Applications. London:
Springer, 2009.
RAKHECHA, P.; SINGH, V.P. Applied Hydrometeorology. Dordrecht:
Springer, 2009.
CARVALHO, N.O. Hidrossedimentologia Prática. 2a Edição. Rio de
Janeiro: Interciência. 2008.
PAIVA, J.B.D., DIAS DE PAIVA, E.M.C. Hidrologia Aplicada à gestão de
pequenas bacias hidrográficas. Porto Alegre: ABRH, 2001.
UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA
“JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO”
Experimental Campus of Sorocaba
Periodicals:
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Applied and Environmental Soil Science, Hindawi, ISSN: 1687-7667.
Hydrological Earth System Science, HESS, ISSN: 1027-5606.
Hydrological processes, Wiley, ISSN: 1099-1085.
Journal of hydrology, Elsevier, ISSN: 0022-1694.
Journal of hydrometeorology, American Metereological Society, ISSN
1525-755X.
Environmental Sciences Graduate Program
Avenida três de Março, 511 – CEP 18087-180 - Sorocaba - SP.