Frequency of lectures, practice and lab:
not mandatory but recommended
Teaching tools:
- Lecture notes (see e-learning web site: Moodle)
Type of Assessment - Part A
Exam modality:
report focused on GIS-based tool implementation, oral examination.
Course program - Part A
Course contents (detailed program of phase A):
- Elements of digital cartography (raster and vectorial maps, Boolean maps).
- Map overlay and Tomlin operators. Base concepts for model implementation.
- GIS Open source: introduction to GRASS GIS software
- Elements of environmental economics and appraisal
- Definition and quantification of Ecosystem Services. Payments for Ecosystem Services
- Multicriteria analysis, fuzzy logic and expert system in GIS.
- Spatial analysis applied to: i) biodiversity value; ii) Recreation Opportunity Spectrum; iii) ecological networks.
- Fundamentals of Operational Research and GIS application.