Integrative Project II: Regional Management
Code: 106762 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Sciences | OB | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Eduardo Ariza Sole
- Email:
- eduard.ariza@uab.cat
Teachers
- Aline Concha Dimas
- Pere Serra Ruiz
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
Be taking or have taken the courses of Anàlisi de la geoinformació, Recursos energètics i naturals, Planejament sostenible urbà i rural and Ciències del Mar of the new degree in Environmental Sciences.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The Projecte Integral II aims to address several practical environmental case studies that allow a diverse approach in line with the different courses taught throughout the semester. Socio-environmental dynamics and territorial and urban planning-analysis will be addressed in the Llobregat Delta case study. The most important conflicts in the territory and relevant policies, plans, programs and planning instruments will be analyzed. The subject will mainly integrate knowledge of geography and geology. Specifically, concepts and tools introduced during the semester in the subjects of Geoinformation Analysis, Energy and Natural Resources, Sustainable Urban and Rural Planning and Marine Sciences will be applied. The participation of expert professionals in specialized seminars related to the subject of study will be promoted. Students will work on group assignments and oral presentations on the studied area.
Learning Outcomes
- CM30 (Competence) Evaluate real case studies on environmental problems and conflicts.
- CM31 (Competence) Evaluate factors related to the Sustainable Development Goals associated with a specific environmental problem.
- CM32 (Competence) Undertake environmental projects based on real case studies, working in small groups.
- KM41 (Knowledge) Establish the main conflicts associated with territorial management and the policies, plans, programmes and planning instruments that condition it.
- SM38 (Skill) Incorporate the scientific, technological and social knowledge associated with a specific available problem.
- SM39 (Skill) Apply the main techniques and elements for environmental sampling and to obtain qualitative and quantitative data relevant to environmental sciences.
- SM40 (Skill) Critically examine public and scientific information on the environment, in relation to a specific problem.
Content
The socio-ecological dynamics of the deltaic space will be analyzed, providing an overview of the existing conflicts and the impacts suffered by the actors in the territory. A detailed analysis of the main existing conflicts in the different sectors of the deltaic space will be carried out, paying attention to the history of the conflict, the actors involved and its management.
Through theoretical classes, expert seminars and field trips, students will analyze conflicts at different scales (as a whole of the delta, main sectors and internal dynamics in each sector). The territory will be divided into different sectors. Groups of 4-6 students will be created and a sector will be assigned to each of the groups. Each group of students will analyze and respond to existing conflicts in the assigned sector.
The sectors and some of the conflicts (and their planning), among others, to be studied, in each sector, are the following:
• The sea front: The processes of erosion, flooding and salinization of the aquifer and assessment of the effects on the beach and the beach. The planning and specific management of the territory will be analyzed.
• The Agricultural Park: Analysis of the types of production processes, changes in land use and human and environmental impacts on agricultural activity.
• Urban space: Urban expansion in the delta, demographic aspects, the imperviousness of the territory, flooding, pollution and urban planning.
• Natural spaces: Hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes, the ecological state, pollution and human activities.
• The industrial-logistics zone: Economic activities, imperviousness and fragmentation of the territory and pollution.
• The infrastructures (Port, Airport, Water Treatments Plants and Desalination Plant): The operation and services provided, the social and environmental impacts they generate, water and flood management.
• The transportation ways: the associated economic activities, the imperviousness and fragmentation of the territory, the flood.
• The lower section of the Llobregat river: The artificialization of the riverbed, recreational activities, the ecological state and the contribution of sediments to the coastal area
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Classroom practices | 9 | 0.36 | CM30, CM32, KM41, SM38, SM39, SM40, CM30 |
| Expert seminars | 3 | 0.12 | CM30, KM41, SM38, SM40, CM30 |
| Field trips | 24 | 0.96 | CM30, KM41, SM38, SM39, SM40, CM30 |
| Laboratory practices | 2 | 0.08 | CM30, SM39, CM30 |
| Theory classes | 12 | 0.48 | CM30, CM31, CM32, KM41, SM38, SM39, SM40, CM30 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Field trip preparation | 1.5 | 0.06 | CM30, CM32, KM41, SM38, SM39, SM40, CM30 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Project and poster preparation | 39 | 1.56 | CM30, CM32, SM38, SM39, SM40, CM30 |
| Report preparation | 9.25 | 0.37 | CM30, KM41, SM38, SM40, CM30 |
| Study | 50 | 2 | CM30, CM31, CM32, KM41, SM38, SM39, SM40, CM30 |
The subject is divided into theoretical classes, seminars, laboratory practices, classroom practices and field trips.
Theory classes
The theory classes will include an introduction to environmental geology and fluvial and coastal morphology as well as explanations of qualitative and quantitative data analysis methodologies and territorial planning of the delta. The teachers will provide the students with the theoretical material through the Virtual Campus, which will require independent work on their part. In class they will make a synthetic presentation of the contents. In the last class, the different groups will present the poster, explaining the analysis of the conflicts in the assigned sector.
Laboratory practices
An applied GIS workshop will be conducted for students to locate the various geographic sectors and analyze the spatial processes associated with the Delta conflicts. The digital material will be offered in the practical classroom with the Faculty's computers and in the Virtual Campus.
Specialized seminars
Experts in the social and ecological processes of the delta will be invited to conduct three seminars on the geographical (two seminars) and geological (1 seminar) aspects of the delta conflicts.
Practice in the classroom
Preparation of the field trips: with the class as a whole and separately with each of the groups, an itinerary for each of the field trips will be created and the relevant elements for the specific analysis of the conflicts will be reviewed.
Orientation to do the work: after the trips, several sessions will be held with each group to guide the completion of the work and make follow-up tutorials.
Field trips
There will be three field trips ofeight hours each. Two of these trips will allow the analysis of the geographical aspects of the conflicts and one of the geological/geomorphological aspects. For each sector, students will have an on-site explanation of existing conflicts and the application of existing planning. At the end of the trips, the students will have to present an analysis report of the main conflicts of the entire Delta del Llobregat.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance and participation in classroom activities | 15% | 0 | 0 | CM30, CM31, CM32, KM41, SM38, SM40 |
| Field trip report | 20% | 0 | 0 | CM30, KM41, SM38, SM40 |
| Poster presentation | 20% | 0.25 | 0.01 | CM30, CM31, CM32, SM38 |
| Project report | 45% | 0 | 0 | CM30, CM31, CM32, KM41, SM38, SM39, SM40 |
Assessment is based on three different tasks (project report, field trip report, and poster presentation), as well as attendance and participation in classroom activities. This course does not allow for a single final assessment system.
At the time each assessment activity is assigned, the instructor will inform students (via Moodle) of the procedure and the date for reviewing grades.
Submission of the report, the project summary, and the poster is mandatory in order for the average of the assessed elements to be calculated. If this requirement is not met, the final grade will be marked as “not assessed.” In order for the report grade to count toward the final average with the project summary, the poster, and classroom participation, a minimum grade of 3.5 must be obtained in each component.
Resit: The recovery will consist of a written test based on the content of ALL posters presented.
Copying or plagiarism in either assignments or exams constitutes academic misconduct and will result in a grade of zero for the activity. In the case of repeated offenses, the entire course will be failed. “Copying” is defined as submitting work that reproduces all or a substantial part of another student’s work. “Plagiarism” is the act of presenting a text (in whole or in part), regardless of whether it is in print or digital format, as one’s own without properly citing sources.
If the student engages in any irregularity that could significantly alter the grade of an assessment, that specific assessment will receive a score of 0, regardless of any disciplinary actions that may follow. If multiple irregularities are detected in assessments within the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0.
This course permits the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools strictly for bibliographic research, information search, and text correction. The student must: (i) clearly identify the parts generated with AI; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these tools influenced both the process and the final result. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in any assessed activity will be considered academic dishonesty and will result in a grade of 0 that cannot be resubmitted, or harsher penalties in severe cases.
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WEBGRAPHY
Mapa hidrogeològic del tram baix del Llobregat i el seu delta. Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Institut Geològic de Catalunya, Comunitat d'usuaris d'aigües del Delta del riu Llobregat. https://www.icgc.cat/es/Administracion-y-empresa/Servicios/Hidrogeologia/Otros-mapas-hidrogeologicos
Software
The programs to be used in class are:
ArcMap, QGIS and MiraMon
Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 2 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PCAM) Field practices | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PCAM) Field practices | 2 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PCAM) Field practices | 3 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PCAM) Field practices | 4 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 1 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 2 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 3 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 4 | Catalan | second semester | afternoon |
| (SEM) Seminars | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |