Coastal Environments

Code:

EA0064

Acronym:

ACT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Complementary Area

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEA	22	Syllabus since 2006/07	5	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Raising awareness to the characteristics, problems and specific interventions of coastal areas as systems of very dynamic interface and polarizer of occupations, uses and transformations. Coastal environments. Environmental problems. Introduction to planning methodologies. Introduction to the typologies of coastal defence intervention. Climate change and global change. Adaptation and mitigation.
Case studies.

Learning outcomes and competences

Raising awareness to the characteristics, problems and specific interventions of coastal areas as systems of very dynamic interface and polarizer of occupations, uses and transformations. Environmental problems. Introduction to territorial planning methodologies. Introduction to the typologies of coastal defence intervention. Analysis of case studies.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Coastal environment. Demographic attraction by the coast. Use, occupations and interventions. Use conflicts.
Physiographic agents: wind, tides, waves, currents.
Interaction between natural agents and solid borders.
Morphologic evolution of beaches, dunes and estuaries. Coastline general regression.
Cause of erosion. Vulnerability and risk. Territorial Planning.
Coastal management strategies. Coastal Protection. Models of expansion of coastal areas.
Reduction of specific anthropic actions. Coastline “maintenance”. Coastal defence. Functioning. Design, Construction. Impact minimization. Mixed solutions. Monitoring. Case studies.

Mandatory literature

Fernando Veloso- Gomes; Elementos de apoio às aullas

Comments from the literature

The references will be presented for each unit course theme

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation of course unit themes by giving a great variety of practical examples both national and international. Presentation of specific concepts and terminology. The importance of coastal zones territorial planning, the reduction of anthropic factors and requalification and coastal defence.
Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. Environmental aspects. Study visits. Applications.
  

keywords

Natural sciences
Technological sciences
Physical sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Positive student evaluation requires the presence of at least 75% of the classes and obtaining at least 50% of the evaluation of the Home Work and exame.

Calculation formula of final grade

Home work T: 0-20 points (weight 8/20)
Exame E: 0-20 points (weight 12/20)
Final evaluation mark = (Tx8/20) + (Px12/20)

Examinations or Special Assignments

The home work will be prepared by one or two students. The Report should be handled before 13 th december 2017.