Hydrological Risks and Methods of Their Assessment
Course: Hydrology and Integrated Water Management
Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet
Title
Hydrological Risks and Methods of Their Assessment
Code
ОК.06
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2024/2025
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PRN02. Apply their knowledge to identify and solve problems and make informed decisions in Earth sciences. PRN06. Be able to carry out environmental assessment, audit,
licensing, certification of the use of natural resources, predict the development of ecological, technological, economic and social consequences on individual natural resource management objects. PRN07. Know modern methods of researching the Earth and its geospheres and be able to apply them in production and research activities. PRN14. Identify, assess and map the water resource potential of territories, use standard methods of field and desk research of various water bodies. PRN15. Use specialized databases and specialized software to solve professional tasks.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Knowledge of the theoretical foundations of mathematical statistics, mechanics, hydrodynamics, geophysics, mathematical modeling; Possess elementary skills in hydrological and water balance calculations, statistical processing of hydrological series.
Course content
The discipline is devoted to studying the theoretical and methodological foundations of natural and anthropogenic conditions of hydrological hazard formation, the calculation and forecasting of their main characteristics, the assessment of economic and environmental damages caused by hazardous hydrological events, the evaluation of risks of their occurrence in a specific region, as well as the study of global practices in forecasting and preventing such phenomena.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Zahalʹna hidrolohiya: pidruchnyk / V.K. Khilʹchevsʹkyy, O.H. Obodovsʹkyy, V.V. Hrebinʹ ta in. – K.: Vydavnycho- polihrafichnyy tsentr «Kyyivsʹkyy universytet», 2008. – 398 s. 2. Hrebinʹ V.V. Suchasnyy vodnyy rezhym richok Ukrayiny (landshaftno-hidrolohichnyy analiz). – K. : Nika-Tsentr, 2010. – 316 s. 3. Karpaty – pavodkonebezpechnyy rehion Ukrayiny. Kompleksna baseynova systema. Prohnozuvannya pavodkiv u Zakarpatti: metodychna ta tekhnolohichna baza yiyi skladovykh / M.M. Susidko, O.I. Lukʺyanetsʹ. – K.: Nika-Tsentr, 2009. – 88 s. 4. Vyshnevsʹkyy V.I., Kutsyy A.V. Bahatorichni zminy vodnoho rezhymu richok Ukrayiny. – K.: Naukova dumka. – 2022. – 252 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical session, test, survey blitz, independent work, control work, report on practical work, exam.
Assessment methods and criteria
Conditions for admission to the exam: the recommended minimum for admission is 36 points. For students who scored a total of less than 36 points (recommended minimum), writing essays on missed or insufficiently mastered topics is a mandatory condition for admission to the exam. The final assessment is conducted in the form of an exam in a written format. The maximum number of points during the exam is 40, the minimum number of points added to semester points is 24 (60% of the maximum number of points assigned to the exam). The final grade in the discipline consists of points scored based on the results of the semester control of the first and second parts and the points of the final control paper.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Vasyl
Hrebin
Hydrology and hydroecology
heohrafichnyi fakultet
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Hydrology and hydroecology
heohrafichnyi fakultet