ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in FOREST AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

Disciplinary Sector:

Applied Geology

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

CUCCURU Stefano

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Minimum hours of attendance:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Basic concepts of math, hydraulics, geology and geomorphology are required

AF code:

10360743

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Test in itinere and final exam

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course aims to give basic knowledge about the spatial planning providing knowledge and skills useful for understanding the relationship between human activities and the physical space, the associated geological risks, the variations induced by human activities, the natural resources and their exploitation.

Contents

1) Introduction to Environmental Geology
2) Principles of Geology (Plate Tectonics and associated phenomena, Rocks classification)
3) Principles of hydrogeology
4) Natural risk
5) Volcanic, seismic, hydrogeological, geomorphological risks
6) The impact of human activities on the geological environment
7) Environmental-geological resources
8) Waste management

Recommended Bibliography

Books
S. Marshak – Essential of Geology
Lupia Palmieri E. – Il globo terrestre e la sua evoluzione - Zanichelli
L.Morbidelli – Le rocce e i loro costituenti – Scienze e Lettere 2014
Pipkin B.W., Trent D.D., Hazlett R. – Geologia Ambientale. Piccin
Bell F.G. – Geologia Ambientale, teoria e pratica – Zanichelli
Gisotti G., Zarlenga F. – Geologia Ambientale – Dario Flaccovio editore
P. Celico – Elementi di idrogeologia – Liguori Editore
G. Castany: Idrogeologia Principi e Metodi
Gisotti e Benedini – Il dissesto idrogeologico, Carocci editore, 2000
Gisotti G – Il dissesto idrogeologico, previsione, prevenzione e mitigazione del rischio – Dario Flaccovio Editore
M. Civita – Idrogeologia applicata e ambientale – Casa Editrice Ambrosiana

R.A.S. – PAI, PRAE

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course is conducted through frontal lessons and exercises on the topics discussed. The arguments are also illustrated by numerous examples referring to the regional or national territory.

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