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Widening and Revitalization of the Dranse to be Branched Off

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CIVIL-410: Fluvial hydraulics and river engineering

Le cours donne aux étudiants des solides connaissances théoriques en hydraulique fluviale, et enseigne les bases de l'ingénierie fluviale dans le but de concilier la protection contre les crues et la protection de l'environnement. Le cours est illustré par ...

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This lecture covers the project of widening and revitalizing the Dranse river, focusing on applied ecology, technical aspects, and the development of nature-landscape arrangements. It includes details on the location, challenges, funding, site organization, management of neophytes, and final developments.

Instructors (3)

Giovanni De Cesare

Expertise Numerical simulation and physical modeling of hydraulic works and schemes; reservoir sedimentation and turbidity currents; reservoir sediment management; Ultrasonic Doppler flow measurement; river training work and restoration; soil bioengineering and nature based solutions; fluvial eco-morphology; rapid transients in pressurized waterways; technology transfer, commissioned studies and expert reports in applied hydraulics, hydraulic constructions and infrastructures; organization of continuous edu

Stéphanie Joëlle André

Azin Amini

Education: MSc.: Structural Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 2002 Master Thesis: "Three dimensional analysis of crack propagation in Latiyan butress dam using smeard crack model" BSc.: Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 2000

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Theoretical ecology is the scientific discipline devoted to the study of ecological systems using theoretical methods such as simple conceptual models, mathematical models, computational simulations, and advanced data analysis. Effective models improve understanding of the natural world by revealing how the dynamics of species populations are often based on fundamental biological conditions and processes. Further, the field aims to unify a diverse range of empirical observations by assuming that common, mechanistic processes generate observable phenomena across species and ecological environments.

Ecology

Ecology () is the study of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps with the closely related sciences of biogeography, evolutionary biology, genetics, ethology, and natural history. Ecology is a branch of biology, and it is not synonymous with environmentalism.

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Landscape ecology is the science of studying and improving relationships between ecological processes in the environment and particular ecosystems. This is done within a variety of landscape scales, development spatial patterns, and organizational levels of research and policy. Concisely, landscape ecology can be described as the science of "landscape diversity" as the synergetic result of biodiversity and geodiversity.

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Applied ecology

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