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Programme structure

A dated record of the original water resources and environmental management programme.

The postgraduate course in Water Resources and Environmental Management is a flexible, distance learning programme based on e-learning. Lectures and tutorials are developed in English.

The full program is organised as a pedagogic continuum and includes:

  • An introduction and common scientific background to the participants, organised under Thematic Area 1
  • The acquisition and use of concepts in urban water management in an integrative approach within a sustainable
    make-space-for-water management context, organised under Thematic Area 2
  • A thematic specialisation in the issues of catchment and environmental management by utilising hydro-informatics tools, including distributed hydrologic models, advanced optimisation and geostatistics under Thematic Area 3
  • Issues of policy, legislation, decision-making and environmental assessment with an emphasis on the Water Framework Directive (WFD), as well as other advanced topics are provided under Thematic Area 4
  • A research thesis