WAT-E2090 - Water and People in a Changing World D, 20.04.2021-26.05.2021
This course space end date is set to 26.05.2021 Search Courses: WAT-E2090
Topic outline
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From this section you can find the overall schedule for the course and other practical information.
Please note: each lecture on Tuesdays (12:30-16:15) is divided into two parts: lecture itself and hands-on training. These Tuesday sessions are compulsory and you need to attend to minimum five out of six of them, in order to pass the course. Workshops on Thursdays are optional.
Lectures and other sessions will be given in Zoom / Teams, see Online lectures and other events -tab on the left (you need to be signed in to access it).
Course schedule:
Week Lecture date
Tue at
12:30-14:00 @ Zoom;
14:15-16:15 @ ZoomTheme Workshop date
Thu at 9:30-11:30
@ ZoomHome assignment
due
Mondays by 23:5516 Tue 20.4. 1. Global water resources;
+ Introduction to the courseThu 22.4. Mon 26.4. 17 Tue 27.4. 2. Population dynamics
+ project work kick-offThu 29.4. Mon 3.5. 18 Tue 4.5. 3. Land cover change and food production Thu 6.5. Mon 10.5. 19 Tue 11.5. 4. Water use Wed 12.5. (due to public holiday)
Mon 17.5. 20 Tue 18.5. 5. Water scarcity Thu 20.5. Mon 24.5. 21 Tue 25.5. 6. Socio-economics of water and food Thu 27.5. Wed 2.6. 22 Tue 1.6. Final presentation -
you can decide within the small groups when is the best time for presentations.
Presentation session takes 2-3 hrs.- -
** note the change in date; time remains sameCourse plan
You can download the course plan from here.
Introductory ppt
Introduction ppt (includes all the practicalities, grading criteria in more details, etc)
Grading
The grading is based on following division: active participation in Tuesday lecture-exercise sessions (25%), home assignments (50%), individual project work (25%). Please see the Introduction ppt for more detail description of the grading, criteria, point limits for each grade, etc.
R for own computer
We will be using R over RStudio for spatial analyses. You can install these to your own computer; please make sure that you have R version of 3.6. Below are useful links:
- R: https://www.r-project.org
- RStudio: https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/
- Guide to installe these on Windows or Mac: https://www.datacamp.com/community/tutorials/installing-R-windows-mac-ubuntu
Adobe Illustrator for your own computer:
we practice and use Adobe Illustrator for making the graphs and maps from R even nicer. You can access to it via VDI-connection.