| Environmental matrices and landscape transformations
(objectives)
The course aims to introduce the student to the main environmental emergencies, related to human activities, which have an impact on the three environmental matrices (water, air and soil). In particular, attention will be paid to the chemical processes that underlie them, starting from the elemental composition of the air, water and soil compartments and arriving at the main chemical transformations that take place in them. Particular attention will be paid to the soil sector as a complex and vulnerable system at the base of the landscape.
In particular, the student
1) it will increase the knowledge of the Earth System in its different ecospheres
2) will be able to relate the impacts of human activities to the various environmental matrices and identify alarm situations
3) will be able to formulate judgments on the basis of the knowledge acquired
4) will improve his/her communication skills thanks to the acquisition of terminology specific to the discipline
5) will acquire the tools to understand the phenomena and
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Code
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118658 |
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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| Module: Environmental matrices
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The course aims to introduce the main environmental issues , deriving from anthropic activities, that cause a severe impact on three environmental matrices such as air, water and soil. In particular, attention will be focused on the chemical processes characterizing environmental matrices such as soil, water and air from their elemental composition to the chemical transformations occurring within each of them. A special focus will be granted to the soil matrix as a complex and vulnerable system.
In particular the student will
1) increase the knowledge of the earth system and its different ecospheres
2) be able to relate anthropic impacts to the different environmental matrices to highlight stress conditions
3) be able to make judgments deriving from the level of knowledge gained
4) improve the communication skills thanks to the acquisition of a specific scientific language
5) learn the tools to understand the phenomena affecting environmental matrices and their dynamics
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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AGR/13
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Contact Hours
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40
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Laboratory Hours
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8
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Type of Activity
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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Teacher
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MOSCATELLI Maria cristina
(syllabus)
1. Introduction to the course
2. Main environmental issues and human impact on natural environment: ari, water and soil pollution. Organic and inorganic pollutants, Heavy metals.
3. Main environmental issues and human impact on natural environment: the greenhouse effect and global warming. Carbon (C) cycle changes and their implications in global changes.
4. Soil as the foundation of the landscape. The polyphasic system. General information on its physical, chemical and biological properties. Soil ecological and socio-economical functions. Soil threats: main factors of soil degradation.
Basic elements of general, inorganic and organic chemistry will be provided to facilitate the comprehension of the environmental phenomena presented during the course.
(reference books)
Denniston K. J. , Topping J. J., Caret R. L. - 2012 - Chimica Generale. Chimica Organica. Propedeutica Biochimica. McGraw-Hill
oppure
Bettelheim F.A., Brown W.H., Campbell M.K., Farrel S.O., Torres O.J.- 2014. Chimica e propedeutica Biochimica. EdiSES II.
(per chi non dispone di un testo di riferimento di Chimica)
Baird C., Cann M., Chimica ambientale - Zanichelli 2013.
Capitoli: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
Available at the Dept. library
AA. VV. Fondamenti di Chimica del Suolo, coordinatori Paolo Sequi, Claudio Ciavatta, Teodoro Miano. Patron Editore 2017.
Disponibile in biblioteca
Capitoli: 1, 2 (2.1, 2.2, 2.4), 3 cenni, 4 (4.2 e 4.6 cenni), 5, 6 (6.1, 6.2. 6.3.1), 7 (7.1), 8 (cenni), 9.
Course slides may be used only as a guide to prepare the exam.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 25/09/2022 to 12/01/2023 |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
Oral exam
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| Module: Geography of the landscape
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1) applying knowledge and
2) understanding
3) knowledge and understanding
4) making judgements
5) learning skills
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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3
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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M-GGR/01
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Contact Hours
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20
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Laboratory Hours
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4
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Type of Activity
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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Teacher
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SALVUCCI Gianluigi
(syllabus)
1) The landscape: definitions, elements.
Semantic differences between environment, territory and landscape.
Region and regionalization for landscape interpretation.
The different types of region: natural, functional, program.
The ecological vision of the landscape.
Geographic elements for landscape interpretation: extent, scale and resolution of cartographic data.
The Aldis Model
2) Water Matrix: the water cycle and its impact on the landscape.
Main water bodies and landscape characterization (with particular regard to hydrogeological risk and the healthiness of water sources).
The hydrogeographic/hydrogeological basin.
Hydrogeological risk: risk equation and types of events
Elements of territorial planning for the protection from hydrogeological risk.
3) The soil: characteristics (particularly physical)
Elements of physical geography: orogenesis, pedogenesis
ecosystem services
Soil alterations and landscape impact
Natural risk associated with the soil (earthquake, landslide, erosion)
Terrain: definitions and implications with agriculture for the delimitation of the landscape
4) Soil consumption: definitions
Land take analysis and quantification: the transition matrix
Practical exercise for the identification of landscape transformations
Soil protection and regeneration
Corine Land Cover
5) Air matrix: the climate as an element of the landscape
Physical elements of the climate and impacts on the landscape
6) Landscape metrics: analysis and commentary of indicators according to the FRAGSTAT software
7) The rural landscape: regionalization and evolution with particular regard to the Lazio region
8) Landscape and economy: local actors
Question of landscape and its transformations
Business locations and landscape transformations in different economic models (development poles, districts, ...)
Landscape protection
The city definition
Urban networks and hierarchies
The DEGURBA and the FUA
(reference books)
attending students:
Material provided during the course (slides)
texts adopted:
Zambon I. Space, region, city Kappa, Rome, 2018 » Pages/Chapters: Entire text, excluding chapters 4 and 5
Luca Salvati, The Architecture of the Rural Landscape Kappa, Rome, 2017 chapters 1,2,3
Recommended:
The notebooks of Apat environmental training
For non-attending students
slides available on moodle
Apat notebooks related to Water, Air, Soil (https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/it/pubblicazioni/quaderni/educazione-e-formazione-ambientale)
Zambon I. Space, region, city Kappa, Rome, 2018 » Pages/Chapters: Entire text, excluding chapters 4 and 5
Luca Salvati, The Architecture of the Rural Landscape Kappa, Rome, 2017 chapters 1,2,3
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 25/09/2022 to 12/01/2023 |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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