GEOP0010-1 : Soil quality evaluation

Study Programmes 2015-2016

GEOP0010-1

Soil quality evaluation

Duration :

18h Th, 18h Pr

Number of credits :

Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Gilles Colinet, Aurore Degré, Sarah Garré

Coordinator :

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Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The objective is to give students an applied perspective of soil quality assesment. Introduction based on the European and Walloon legal texts. - Definition of soil quality. Identification of causes and consequences of pressures and threats on soil. - Soil sampling, practical caracterisation of main soil properties in the laboratory. - Collective work on the study of soil threats applied to a given territory.

Learning outcomes of the course :

To apply the principles of applied pedology to the inventory of pressures on and threats to soils, to assesment and monitoring of its quality, to the means of prevention and action, to the formulation of advices in Belgium and Overseas. After completing the course the student is expected to - have a good idea about threats on soils, - have a basic knowledge about soil analysis and teir limitations, - develop strategies of identification and monitoring, - suggest means of prevention and correction/interpretation.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Pédologie générale Pédogenèse, référentiels internationaux de classification et hydrodynamique des sols

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

- Face to face lectures and seminars,- Practical exercises on the field, - Group work under coaching

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Lectures and workshop : 6h Field trip : 6h Lab work : 18h Personal work : 6h