CP6541 - Environmental Analysis Using GIS

Course Description

This course explores aspects of environmental GIS databases, database creation, and analyses to assist planners, engineers, and managers mitigate or avoid unfavorable impacts of development. Topics to be addressed include the use of GIS for (1) tracking new and evolving environmental laws, (2) disaster assessment, recovery and prevention, (3) water quality, (4) stormwater management, (5) wetland, groundwater, and surface water protection, (5) monitoring the depletion of earth resources, (6) identifying earth, atmospheric, and hydrologic hazards, and (9) assessing global environmental change.

Mode

The course is primarily lecture, with some interactive, hands-on working sessions.

Grading

Grades are based upon a midterm exam and a course project.

Texts

The main textbook for the course is P.A. Burrough's Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment. The course also utilizes a reader of recent articles.

Lecture Schedule