Universidad Pública de Navarra - Nafarroako Univertsitate Publikoa
Public University of Navarre
| Course code: 501002 | Subject title: EFFECTS OF THE AGRARIAN ACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT: CASE STUDIES | ||||
| Credits: 3 | Type of subject: Optative | Year: 4 | Period: 2º S | ||
| Department: | |||||
| Lecturers: | |||||
| CASALI SARASIBAR, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Resp) [Mentoring ] | GIMENEZ DIAZ, RAFAEL [Mentoring ] | ||||
| MERCHAN ELENA, DANIEL [Mentoring ] | |||||
Descriptors
Environmental impact, agricultural pollution, soil erosion, water resources, territory management
General proficiencies
CG2: Adequate knowledge of the physical problems, technologies, equipment, and water and energy supply systems, the limits imposed by budgetary factors and building regulations, the relationships between installations and/or buildings with farms, agro-food industries and spaces related to gardening and landscaping with their social and environmental surroundings, as well as the need to relate those surroundings from that environment with human needs and environmental protection.
Specific proficiencies
SC14: Ability to recognize, understand and utilize ecological principles. Ability to develop environmental impact studies: assessment and
correction.
SC28:Ability to recognize, understand, and utilize the principles of agricultural and landscape Engineering, environmental legislation and management, sustainable development principles, market and professional strategies, assessment of environmental assets, hydrology, erosion, plant material production, use, and maintenance, ecosystems and biodiversity, physical environment and climate change. Analysis, management, and land use planning. Landscaping principles. Specific design and graphic expression tools, practical development of environmental impact studies, environmental and landscaping restoration projects. Projects and maintenance plans for green spaces. Development projects. Tools for spatial and landscape planning. Projects and works management and planning.
Learning outcomes
R1. Finding out the main effects of agricultural and agrifood industry activities on the environment.
R2. Identifying the possible measures for making agricultural and agrifood industry activities sustainable.
R3. Acquiring knowledge of management tools and methodologies which permit the identification and prediction of the effect of changes in agricultural use and management on water and soils.
Methodology
| Student working hours | |
| A-1 Lectures with the support of videos and other instructional materials adapted to case studies and to on line teaching | 20 |
| A-2 Self-study of instructional materials adapted to case studies and to on line teaching. Self-assessment tests, and answers to guidance questions | 20 |
| A-3 Debates, discussions, participation in the forum | 5 |
| A-4 Coursework, writting report | 20 |
| A-5 Readings of selected instructional materials | 8 |
| A-6 Tests, examinations | 2 |
| A-8 Individual tutoring | |
| ... | |
| Total | 75 |
Evaluation
| Learning achievements | Evaluation system | Weight (%) | Retrievable |
| R1, R2, R3 | IE1: Written exam through Mi Aulario To pass the course marks ¿ 5 are required | 60% | Yes, by written exam through Mi Aulario |
| R1, R2, R3 | IE2: Participation in debates, discussions, forums. Discussion on selected case studies. | 15% | No |
| R1, R2, R3 | IE3. Short coursework, writing report about the problems and issues posed that analyze the results. | 25% | Yes, by written exam through Mi Aulario |
Agenda
Topic 1. Effects of agricultural activity on the environment. General presentation. Principal processes and phenomena. Lessons learned or that need to be learned. A sustainable activity is possible.
Topic 2. Wind erosion. Description of the phenomenon. Analysis of cases: ¿The ecological and social disaster of the Dust Bowl, U.S.A., in the nineteen thirties¿.
Topic 3. Soil erosion by water. Description of the phenomenon. Case analysis: ¿Soil erosion by water in agricultural areas of Navarre¿.
Topic 4. Nonpoint source pollution: agrochemicals, sediments, residues. Description of the phenomenon. Analysis of cases. ¿Nonpoint source agricultural pollution in experimental watersheds of Navarre¿.
Topic 5. Point source pollution. Description of the phenomenon. Analyses of cases: ¿Residues from oil mills¿. ¿Residues from pig farms in Navarre and their use as fertilizers¿.
Topic 6. Inappropriate use of large-scale water resources. Description. Analysis of cases: ¿Drying up of the Aral Sea (Kazajistán and Uzbekistán) and salinization of adjacent lands¿.
Topic 7. Conversion of rainfed lands into irrigated ones. Description. Case analysis: ¿Effects on water quality in the transformation of the Lerma Watershed (Zaragoza)¿.
Topic 8. Computer tools for management, simulation models for predicting the effect of agricultural activities. Description. Case analysis. ¿Effect of change in use on runoff and soil erosion in Navarre, analysis of scenarios
Bibliography
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Basic
Awad, A., H. Salman, Y. T. Hung, 2006. Olive oil waste treatment. L. K. Wang, Y. T. Hung, H. H. Lo, C., Yapijakis, Eds. Waste treatment in the food processing industry. Taylor&Francis, Boca Raton.
Brady, N. C., R. R. Weil, 2008. The nature and properties of the soils. Pearson Prentice Hall. New Jersey.
Manahan, S., E., 1997. Environmental Science and Technology. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton.
Montgomery, D., R., 2007. Dirt: the erosion of civilizations. University of California Press. Berkley.
Lal, R. (Ed.), 2002. Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York
Morgan, R. P. C., 2005. Soil Erosion and Conservation. Blackwell Publishing, Malden.
Stewart, B. A., T. A. Howell, 2003. Encyclopedia of Water Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York
Complementary
Casalí, J., R. Gastesi, J. Álvarez-Mozos, L. M. De Santisteban, J. Del Valle de Lersundi, R. Giménez , A. Larrañaga, M. Goñi, U. Agirre, M.A. Campo, J.J. López, M. Donézar, 2008. Runoff, erosion, and water quality of agricultural watersheds in central Navarre (Spain). Agricultural Water Management 95(10): 1111-1128
De Santisteban, L.M., J. Casalí, J. J. López, 2006. Assessing soil erosion rates in cultivated areas of Navarre (Spain). Earth Surface Processes & Land Forms 31(4): 487-506
Giménez, R., Casalí, J., Chahor, Y., 2012. Herramientas informáticas de gestión de terrenos agrarios: potencialidades del Modelo AnnAGNPS en Navarra. Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 38(2), 107-121, 2012.
Kemp, D. D., 2004. Exploring environmental issues: an integrated approach. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. London.
Liu, S., X., 2007. Food and agricultural wastewater utilization and treatment. Blackwell Publishing, Ames.
Merchán, D., Causapé, J., Abrahão, R., 2013. Impact of irrigation implementation on hydrology and water quality in a small agricultural basin in Spain. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 58, pp. 1400 - 1413.