Universität Wien FIND

290026 VU Earth Surface Dynamics: Landforms, Processes and Materials (Focus: Human Impact) (2021W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
VOR-ORT
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine

4.11.2021, 11.11.2021, 18.11.2021, 25.11.2021, 2.12.2021, 9.12.2021, 16.12.2021, 13.1.2022, 20.1.2022, 27.1.2022, 10.2.2022, 1:15 - 2:45 pm in the MM Lab (NOTE: after the end of the course on 2.45 pm the room is booked to stay there until 4.30 pm and the course instructor will be there for assistance). Please note that only the first session is mandatory.

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The aim of this course is to explore in-depth concepts relating to earth surface dynamics. This term, the focus of the course will be a deep dive into the use of modelling to understand earth surface dynamics with a specific focus on human impacts. Using topical events as a background to introduce the fundamentals of the use of modelling, students will be given the opportunity to use modelling software with the end goal modelling landslides from Austria and New Zealand.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Assessment will be ongoing throughout the course in the form of an oral presentation, written assignments and exams. Attendance and contribution to discussion during of a minimum number of sessions will also be assessed

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The mark is based on points. The max. number of points are 100. To obtain a positive grade, the following minimum requirements have to be met:
20 points oral presentation
50 points written assignments
20 points exams
10 points attendance and discussion

Key for the grades:
>=88 points: very good
87-76 points: good
75-63 points: satisfying
62-51 points: sufficient
< 51 points: not sufficient

Prüfungsstoff

Examination will cover all material provided in the form of presentations by the lecturer during the course

Literatur

Mergili, M., Emmer, A., Juricová, A., Cochachin, A., Fischer, J.-T., Huggel, C., and Pudasaini, S. P. ( 2018) How well can we simulate complex hydro-geomorphic process chains? The 2012 multi-lake outburst flood in the Santa Cruz Valley (Cordillera Blanca, Perú). Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 43: 1373 1389. doi: 10.1002/esp.4318.

Mergili, M. and Fischer, J.-T. and Krenn, J. and Pudasaini, S. P. (2017) r.avaflow v1, an advanced open-source computational framework for the propagation and interaction of two-phase mass flows. Geoscientific Model Development (10) 2: 553-569. doi: 10.5194/gmd-10-553-2017

Beguería S. (2006) Validation and Evaluation of Predictive Models in Hazard Assessment and Risk Management. Natural Hazards 37:315329. doi: 10.1007/s11069-005-5182-6

Fell R, Corominas J, Bonnard C, et al (2008) Guidelines for landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk zoning for land use planning. Engineering Geology 102:85-98. doi: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.03.022

Guzzetti F, Mondini AC, Cardinali M, et al (2012) Landslide inventory maps: New tools for an old problem. Earth-Science Reviews 112:42-66. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.02.001
Venables W., N, Smith, D, M (2009) An Introduction to R (2nd ed.). Network Theory Ltd.

Lovelace R., Nowosad J., Muenchow J., (2019) Geocomputation with R (1st ed.). Chapman and Hall/CRC. ISBN: 9781138304512

Goudie, A. Human Impact on the Natural Environment. 8th edition. Wiley, 2018.

Szabó, J. et al. Anthropogenic Geomorphology. Springer, 2010.

Shroder et al. Geomorphology of Human Disturbances, Climate Change, and Hazards. Treatise on Geomorphology,
Academic Press, 2013.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

(MG-S1-PI.m, Block A) (MG21 PF/APF SURFSPEC) (MA UF GW 02)

Letzte Änderung: Mo 04.10.2021 14:10