Level of study
BAC +5
ECTS
3 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
The objective of this course is to present the current and future impacts on all sectors associated with water.
What is the evolution of all the climatic extremes such as droughts or floods, and of the regions impacted by these extremes? How does this impact on groundwater and surface water resources, on agricultural surfaces and irrigation methods?
What evolution on the rise of sea water and on the coastline? How does this impact the movement of current and future populations, what solution to propose on the management of the coastline ...?
Through various conferences given by specialists in different fields, and affecting all the courses of the Master Water, this EU will present the latest advances on this subject.
Through the sessions of TD and TP, the students will be brought to work in group on a topic in particular (this through an example) associating Climate Change with a domain of Water, to present in a synthetic way this subject. This work will be presented in the form of a mini-seminar, and will be the subject of the evaluation of this UE.
Objectives
The evolution of the climate is a subject of society and the impacts on all the fields in relation with Water are undeniable. However, they are hardly known in some areas as it is recent and still evolving. The management of these impacts is certainly the challenge of tomorrow in the field of water.
This UE has the objective to present in time the real, the analyzed and evaluated knowledge by researchers on this subject; as well as those which can be foreseen for the future.
Students will also be immersed in these issues through personal work on a particular example that they will deal with, thus reinforcing the acquisition of knowledge on a subject that may be associated with the student's specialty. A focus will be made on current solutions already proposed, in order to prepare our future graduates for this societal issue.
Necessary pre-requisites
To have acquired a M1 of the Master Water.
Knowledge control
Continuous assessment, in the form of a defense during a seminar organized by the students.