Environmental and spatial constrains for cities development 1900-SM-1-25

Seminar covers following problems:
- Hydrological cycle, terrestrial part
- Measures and units used for river flow and water resources estimation
- How to measure the discharge of the river and water stage
- Probabilistic methods as a way to estimate the flood risk
- Is given part of the city safe from the flood - flood risk maps
- How to cope with flood risk in the cities

Term 2023Z:

Term 2024Z:

Course coordinators

Damian Ziomek

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

General:

Classroom

Term 2023Z:

Remote learning

Term 2024Z:

Remote learning

Prerequisites (description)

Water in the city is necessary for proper functioning and development but it crates also a risk. How to manage flood risk and adapt to urban floods. The climate of the cities as control of the living comfort and health conditions. The problem of the climate change scenarios and methods of the sites adaptations.

Learning outcomes

Understaning hydrological processes, measurement methods in hydrology, way to calculate water resources. Introduction to probabillty methods used to calculate discharge of given probability od excedance. Flood risk maps - how to interpret the information. Yrban floods hoe to cope with the problem by adaptation.

Assessment criteria

Final essay

Bibliography

- Chełmicki W., 2001, Woda: zasoby, degradacja, ochrona. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa.
- Leal, W.F., Nagy, G., Borga, M., Chavez, D., Magnuszewski, A., 2020, Climate Change, Hazards and Adaptation Options. Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Mikulski Z., 1998, Gospodarka wodna. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa.
Ochrona środowiska, Rocznik statystyczny. GUS, Warszawa.
- Żmudzka E, Kulesza K, Lenartowicz M, Leziak K, Magnuszewski A., 2019, Assessment of modern hydro-meteorological hazards in a big city – identification for Warsaw. Meteorol Appl., 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/met.1779

Term 2023Z:

Chełmicki W., 2001, Woda: zasoby, degradacja, ochrona. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa.
Mikulski Z., 1998, Gospodarka wodna. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa.
Ochrona środowiska, Rocznik statystyczny. GUS, Warszawa.

Term 2024Z: