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CE74.71 : EIA and GIS Applications in Water Resources - Course Schedule

No.

Date

Content

Jan 15th

Course introduction

Assignment
1. Submitting your
information

Jan 29th

Lecture: Introduction to GIS

Lecture: GIS application in water resources

Feb 5

Lecture: Introduction to Remote Sensing 1

2.

3. Answering
question

Ex 0: Installing ArcGIS Desktop software

Feb 10th

Half-day GIS Seminar, GIS for Environmental Management in Asia at AITCC

(Monday,

summary of GIS

Lecture: Introduction to Remote Sensing 2

4

Submitting

the
about

R.S.
4.

Submitting

report of seminar

13:30-16:30)
5

Feb 12th

Lecture: Exploring GIS concept, and Map display and layout with ArcGIS Desktop software

5. Submitting result

Ex 1: Create Indochina map

of Ex 1

Ex 2: Create a map of population density by country

6

Feb 19th

Lecture: Introduction to GIS data searching and creation

6. Submitting result

Ex 3: Using the Web basemaps on ArcGIS Desktop

of Ex 2

Lecture: Introduction to GIS data searching and creation

Ex4: Using table join to create a land-use ratio map by country
7

Feb 26

th

No class, but Seemanta and Moon, Teaching Assistants of this course, will support students GIS

7. Submitting result

exercises. Please come to JICA room between 15:00-17:00 to see them if you have questions

of Ex 4

and difficulties on GIS exercises.

8

Mar 5th

Mid-term exam period [No examination]

Submitting

mid-term

report
9

Mar 12th

Lecture: Data searching, coordinate systems and map projections

Ex 5: Using coordinate system and map projection

10

Mar 19th

Lecture: Raster analysis

8. Submitting result

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Ex 6: Generating watersheds features from DEM [GIS Project 1]
11

Mar 26

th

Ex 6 (Option): Generating watershed polygons from streamflow observation points

of Ex 6
9. Submitting

Lecture: Model Builder

of

Ex : Creating spatial analysis model using ModelBuilder

result

Ex6

(option)

model

and
image

12

Apr 2

nd

Lecture: Vector analysis 1

10. Submitting result

Ex 7: Spatial query and attribute table calculation 1 [GIS Project 2]

of Ex7 and model

image

13

Apr 9th

Lecture: Vector analysis 2

11.

Ex 8-1: Rainfall areal proportional distribution using Thiessen Polygon [GIS Project 3]
14

Apr 23rd

15

th

Lecture: GIS Applications: Game theory and system dynamic

Submitting result
of Ex8-1

12. Submitting a short

report of lectures

Apr 30

Ex 8-2: Synthesis analysis for calculating water availability by watershed [GIS Project 4]

13. Submitting result of

Ex8-2

16

May 7

th

Final exam period [No examination]

Submitting mid-term
report

Reference books about GIS:

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Geographic Information Systems and Science, Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M.F., Maguire, D.J., Rhind, D.W., Wiley, 2005.

Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources, Maidment, D.R., Esri Press, 2002.

Hydraulic Modeling and GIS, Armstrong, L., Esri Press, 2012.

Smart Land-Use Analysis: The LUCIS Model, Carr, M.H., Zwick, P.D., Esri Press, 2007.

Multi-hazard risk assessment: Distance education course guide book, Westen, C.V., UNU-ITC Disaster Geoinformation Management, 2009.

Reference books about scientific writing:

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The Science of Scientific Writing

<distributed in the class>

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Elements of Style (24MB)

<ftp://ftp.ldv.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/Scientific_Writing/Elements%20of%20Style.pdf>