UNITAU´s Distance
Education Graduate
Program
Dr. Nelson W. Dias
Geoprocessing Laboratory
University of Taubaté, SP, Brazil
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Introduction
Specialization in Water Resource
and Watershed Management
MBA in Regional Planning
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Specialization Program
 Water Resource Management
 Year: 2002
 Coordinator: Dr. Marcelo S. Targa
 Funding: FEHIDRO 311/2002
 Duration: one year (360 hours)
 Strategy: regional focus with two group meetings
 Number of Graduates: 16 (55 %)
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Specialization Program
 Water Resource and Watershed
Management
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Year: 2004 - 2005
Coordinator: Dr. Marcelo S. Targa
Funding: CNPq / CT-Hidro
Duration: eighteen months (440 hours)
Strategy: national focus, three group meetings in
Brasilia, partnership with UnB
 Number of Candidates: 36 (72 %)
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Professors
Degree
GETÚLIO TEIXEIRA BATISTA
PhD
GILBERTO FERNANDO FISCH
PhD
HÉLIO NÓBILE DINIZ
PhD
MARCELO DOS SANTOS TARGA
PhD
MARIA JULIA FERREIRA XAVIER RIBEIRO
PhD
NELSON WELLAUSEN DIAS
PhD
PAULO AUGUSTO ROMERA E SILVA
PhD
PAULO FORTES NETO
PhD
SILVIO CARLOS SANTOS NAGY
PhD
SILVIO JORGE COELHO SIMÕES
PhD
BENEDITO JORGE DOS REIS
M. Sc.
CARLOS MOURE CÍCERO
M. Sc.
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Modules
Topic
No. of
Hours
Module 1.
Water resource management
30
Module 2.
Water resource use legislation
30
Module 3.
Discharge treatment and disposal
30
Module 4.
Scientific method for water resource management
30
Module 5.
Land use and watershed management
30
Module 6.
Meteorology and weather forecast
30
Module 7.
Water quality assessment and improvement
30
Module 8.
Hydrologic statistics
30
Module 9.
Surface hydrology
30
Module 10.
Environmental hydrogeology
30
Module 11.
Geoprocessing applied to water resource
30
Module 12.
Environmental impact assessment in watersheds
30
Module 13.
Group meetings and field trips
80
Module 14.
Technical report advisement and development
TOTAL
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
440
Modules
Topic
No. of
Hours
Module 1.
Water resource management
30
Module 2.
Water resource use legislation
30
Module 3.
Discharge treatment and disposal
30
Module 4.
Scientific method for water resource management
30
Module 5.
Land use and watershed management
30
Module 6.
Meteorology and weather forecast
30
Module 7.
Water quality assessment and improvement
30
Module 8.
Hydrologic statistics
30
Module 9.
Surface hydrology
30
Module 10.
Environmental hydrogeology
30
Module 11.
Geoprocessing applied to water resource
30
Module 12.
Environmental impact assessment in watersheds
30
Module 13.
Group meetings and field trips
80
Module 14.
Technical report advisement and development
TOTAL
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
440
Managing Systems
Managing Systems
Geoprocessing applied to water resource
 Content:
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Introduction to remote sensing
 Remote sensing data
 Introduction to image processing
 Integration of remote sensing and GIS
 Basic GIS analysis applied to watershed studies
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Case Study - Pipiripau River Basin
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Pipiripau Spatial Database
 30 layers
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Pipiripau Spatial Database
 Examples
DEM
Topography
Slope
Roads
Springs
Streams
Vegetation
Land use
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Pipiripau Potential Research Focuses
 Land use and water quality
 Land cover, topography, and surface runoff
 Agricultural practices and environmental
conservation
 Natural conservation areas: creation and
management
 Community-base environmental education
 Alternative human acitivities (e.g. ecotourism)
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Observed challenges
 Motivation
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Keep it at high level
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Monitor participation to rescue unmotivated students
 Limited software support
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Most students have no RS or GIS background
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Expertise needed for developing research products
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Licenses are too expensive for personal use
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SPRING poses a steep learning curve
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Observed challenges
 Lack of useful data for research
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Limited online availability of geographic data
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Exception of CBERS, SRTM and few other sources
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Scarce availability of hydrologic, meteorologic, and socioeconomic data
 Dificult to advise from a distance
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Tradition of in-house full-time graduate students
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Distance students have other activities
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Natural tendency of working without telling --- “surprise
products”
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956
Thank you!
E-mail: [email protected]
Laboratório de Geoprocessamento (LAGEO) - Departamento de Ciências Agrárias
Est. Dr. José Luiz Cembranelli, 5000, Bairro Itaim, Taubaté, SP, CEP 12081-010
www.agro.unitau.br/lageo/ - Telefone: (012) 3625-4116 - Fax: (012) 3632-8956