AKTU Watershed Management and Modeling (HTSW701) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
Watershed Management and Modeling HTSW701
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Syllabus — Watershed Management and Modeling
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| Pre-requisites (if any) | Basic knowledge of watershed management and remote sensing and GIS. |
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
| CO 1 | Understand the Comprehend watershed concepts, hydro-geomorphological features, assess India's watershed management programs, and address issues of desertification and degradation. | K2 |
| CO 2 | Understand watershed management, sustainability, participatory approaches, operational watershed practices, and conduct surveys, monitoring, reclamation, and conservation in diverse landscapes. | K2 & K6 |
| CO 3 | Develop skills in watershed research instrumentation, problem identification, simulation, synthesis, and understand rainfed farming, drought management, and modeling flood and drought phenomena. | K2 |
| CO 4 | Apply Remote Sensing and GIS in watershed management, understand watershed modeling approaches, and grasp the mathematical bases and structures of existing models. | K2 & K3 |
| CO 5 | Evaluate environmental impact assessments, quantitatively evaluate management techniques, analyze national land use policies, and explore legal, social aspects through case studies. | K4 & K5 |
K1- Remember, K2- Understand, K3- Apply, K4- Analyze, K5-Evaulate, K6- Create Concept of watershed, its hydrological and geomorphological characteristics. Status of watershed management programs in India. Problems of desertification and degradation.
Concept of watershed management and sustainability, participatory approach and operational watershed.
Surveys, monitoring, reclamation and conservation of agricultural and forest watersheds, hill slopes and ravines.
Watershed management research instrumentation and measurement, problem identification, simulation and synthesis. Rainfed farming and drought management. Modeling of flood and drought phenomenon.
Use of Remote Sensing and GIS in watershed management and modeling. Watershed modeling approaches, mathematical bases and structure of existing watershed models.
Environmental impact assessment of watersheds. Quantitative evaluation of management techniques. National land use policy, legal and social aspects. Case studies of watershed management.
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- Dhruvanarayana VV, Sastry G and Patnaik US. Watershed Management. Publ. and Inf. Dv., ICAR, Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Singh RV. 2000. Watershed Planning and Management. Second Edition Yash Publishing House, Bikaner.
- Suresh R. 2017. Watershed Planning and Management. Standard Publication and Distribution, Delhi.
- Tideman EM. 1999. Watershed Management (Guidelines for Indian Conditions). Omega Scientific Publishers, New Delhi.
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