812371 GIS in riverscape planning
- Type
- Lecture and exercise
- Semester hours
- 1.5
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2023
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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- Introduction (GIS in riverscape planning, GIS databases in Austria/EU, data aquisition, eg.)
- GIS for environmental monitoring in riverscapes (Concepts/tasks in monitoring, data availability, shortcomings, examples, GIS instruments and tools)
- GIS application in stream protection and river restoration (Concepts/tasks, data availability, shortcomings, examples, GIS tools)
- Rivers as network (network geometrie, network analyst tools)
- GIS and modelling (data processing (environmental data, human pressures, land use,...) on different scales, modelling of eg reference conditions (prediction of fish assemblage under undisturbed conditions))
- Previous knowledge expected
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autonomous working with ArcGIS!!!!
--> basic GIS knowledge (Introductory course); e.g. structure of GIS data, data import, editing, coordinate systems, transformations
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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After successful completion of this module, participants will be able to:
- Identify and structure work flows in GIS
- Examine potential data sources for GIS analyses in aquatic ecology
- Apply GIS tools suitable for monitoring, management, planning, and analyses of riverine ecosystems and create GIS maps
- Interpretation of GIS results for riverscape analyses
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.