2017-2018 / ENVT0058-1

Monitoring and spatial representation of soil quality

Duration

9h Th, 9h Pr, 6h FW

Number of credits

 Specialised master in environmental management in developing countries2 crédits 

Lecturer

Gilles Colinet

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

Learning unit contents

Introduction to soil mapping and spatial analysis and practical case studies:
* Principles of soil mapping
* Geostatistics

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the students will be able to design a sampling scheme for soil mapping, to realize an interpolated map, and to criticize the potential and limits of the techniques used.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Face-to-face lectures and practical work with GIS software
Field visit

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

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Assessment methods and criteria

Personnal report

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

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