Course Code |
Course Title |
Hours/ Credits |
L |
T |
P |
C |
SEMESTER I |
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|
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CZ 672 |
Socio-economic Building Blocks in Integrated Coastal Management |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
CZ 673 |
Integrated Coastal Management: Learning from Practice |
3 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| CZ 674 |
Coastal Engineering |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
MA 302 |
Probability and Statistics for Water Resources |
3 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
TOTAL |
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|
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11 |
- CZ 671 Oceanography and MARINE acoustic engineering
- CZ 673 INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT: Learning from practice
- CZ 674 COASTAL ENGINEERING
- MA 302 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR WATER RESOURCES
CZ 671 Oceanography and MARINE acoustic engineering
3 0 0 3
1. Physical Oceanography 9
Properties of Seawater – Coastal landforms – Ocean dynamics and upwelling – Oceanographic instruments and methods – heat budget – General ocean circulation – Regional oceanography – waves, tides, sea level
2. Chemical Oceanography 9
Descriptive Chemical Oceanography – Chemical composition of seawater – Thermodynamics – Carbonate system – Redox equilibria – Biogeochemical cycles – Air-sea interactions – Trace metal geochemistry – Organic geochemistry – Tracers in the ocean – Minerals from the Sea
3. Biological Oceanography 9
History of Biological Oceanography – Limiting nutrients in seawater – Marine ecosystems – Biogeography of Pelagic Habitats – Phytoplankton, Photosynthesis, and Respiration – Secondary production – Food chains and food webs – Pelagic-benthic coupling – Marine microbiology
4. Geological Oceanography 9
Structure of Earth's interior – Evolution of the Ocean-floor and plate-tectonic history – Geophysical techniques – Features of the seafloor – Stratigraphy – Geochronology – Continental drift – Sea level rise – Terrigenous and Biogenic sediments – Marine microfossils – Paleoceanography and global climate
5. Marine Acoustic Engineering 9
Basic concepts of sound propagation; measurement units and terminology – Devices for generating and receiving sound in water – Noise in the ocean – Ray acoustics – Deep-water propagation – Wave acoustics – Marine bioacoustics – Environmental effects of man-made sound – Applications: defense; environmental assessment; marine resource estimation – Commercial applications
L:45
References:
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Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science By Tom Garrison 3rd Edition, 1998 Wadsworth Pub. Co
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Principles of Oceanography by M. Grant Gross, 7th Edition, 1995 Prentice-Hall
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Introduction to Oceanography by Harold V. Thurman (Prentice Hall), 1997, Student edition
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Clay, C.S. and Medwin, H. Acoustical Oceanography: Principles and Applications. Wiley, 1977
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Medwin, H. and Clay, C.S. Fundamentals of Acoustical Oceanography, Academic Press, 1998
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R Urick, Principles of underwater sound for engineers, 3rd Edition, Peninsula Publishing, 1983
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CZ 672 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BUILDING BLOCKS in integrated coastal management
3 0 0 3
Concepts of Sustainability in ICM 9
Sustainable development as a concept – Sustainable ICM – Coastal processes and social science debates – Competing claims and visions of the coast – Tools for understanding processes and tools for intervention
Stakeholders and Structural Constraints 9
Identifying different stakeholders – Social categories (caste, class, gender, labour, ethnicity) – Social organizations – Social structure
Livelihoods and Culture 9
Means of livelihood – Cultures of organizing and decision-making – Cultural values and livelihoods - Opportunities and restrictions – changing livelihood dynamics
Institutions and Property 9
Societal, state and transnational institutions – Conflicting actors and agendas – Competing property rights and resource claims
Law, Policy and Governance 9
Existing policies – Competing policy approaches and philosophies – Policy and governance – Conflicting actors and institutions – Towards an ICM policy
L:45
References:
- Visser, L., (ed.) Challenging Coasts: Transdisciplinary Excursions into Integrated Coastal Zone Development. Amsterdam University Press (2004).
- Bavinck, M. Marine Resource Management: Conflict and Regulation in the Fisheries of the Coromandal Coast. Sage Publications (2001).
- Ostrom, E. Crafting Institutions for Self-Governing Irrigation Systems. Institute for Contemporary Studies Press (1992).
- Le Tissier, M.D.A. Ireland, M. Hills, J. M. McGregor, J.A., Ramesh, R. and Hazra, S. A Trainer’s Manual for ICZM Capacity Development
- Ramesh, R. and Purvaja, R. E-learning module on ICZM for UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands
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CZ 673 INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT: Learning from practice
3 0 2 4
Basics of ICM 8+6
Introduction to Coastal Zone – The need for ICM – Fundamental concepts – Interactions between coastal and ocean uses and conflicts – Definitions used in ICM – Glossary of terms in ICM
ICM Framework and Processes 12+6
Introduction – Pathway through the framework – Tools and techniques for ICM –– ICM Processes – Stakeholder analysis – Environmental assessment – Problem tree analysis – Conflict resolution – Risk evaluation – Cost Benefit Analysis – Traditional management
Practice Oriented Learning 9+6
Case studies (including field work) – Resource survey – Transaction walks – Participatory observation – Focus group discussions – Group ordering
Integrating Disciplinary Perspectives 8+6
Social science insights – Natural science insights – Horizontal integration – Vertical integration
Regional and Global Coastal Law and Policies 8+6
Law of the Sea [UNCLOS] – Ocean Governance – Coastal regulation zones including small islands – Environmental policies – Spatial planning – Administrative and legal situations
L:45 + P:30 = 70
References:
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Cicin-Sain, B and Knecht, R.W. Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management: Concepts and Practices. Washington, DC, Island Press. 517 p – 1998
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Clark, J.R., Coastal Zone Management Handbook- 1995 CRC Press Environmental Studies 720 pages
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Le Tissier, M.D.A. Ireland, M. Hills, J. M. McGregor, J.A., Ramesh, R. and Hazra, S. A Trainer’s Manual for ICZM Capacity Development
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Ramesh, R. and Purvaja, R. E-learning module on ICZM for UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands
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Holder, S., Bearley, T., Brower, D.J. and. Schwab, A.K. An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management, 2nd edition. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2002. 298 pages
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CZ 674 COASTAL ENGINEERING
3 0 0 3
1. Introduction to Coastal Engineering 6
Mechanics of water waves – Linear (Airy) wave theory – Engineering properties derivable from linear velocity potential
2. Wave Properties 7
Introduction to non-linear waves and their properties – Waves in shallow waters – Wave Refraction, Diffraction and Shoaling – Introduction to random and 3D waves
3. Aspects of Coastal Morphology 10
Littoral dynamics, waves, currents and sediment transport – Limits for littoral drift – Suspended and Bed Load – Longshore sediment transport rate – Distribution of longshore currents and Sediment transport rates in Surf zone – Onshore/ offshore sediment transport
4. Coastal Defense 11
Coastal features - Beach Features - Beach cycles - Beach Stability - Beach profiles - artificial nourishment - planning of coast protection works - Design of shore defense structures - Case studies
5. Modeling in coastal engineering 11
Physical modeling in Coastal Engineering – Limitations and advantages – Role of physical modeling in coastal engineering – Numerical modeling – Modeling aspects – limitations – Case studies using public domain models
L:45
References:
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Dean, R.G. and Dalrymple, R.A., Water wave mechanics for Engineers and Scientists, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1994
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Ippen, A.T., Estuary and Coastline Hydrodynamics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., NewYork, 1978
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Sorenson, R.M., Basic Coastal Engineering, A Wiley-Interscience Publication, New York, 1978
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Coastal Engineering Manual, Vol.I-VI, Coastal Engineering Research Centre, Dept. of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington DC, 2006
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MA 302 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR WATER RESOURCES
3 1 0 4
1. Empirical Statistics 9+3
Measures of central tendency – dispersion, skewness and kurtosis – correlation and regression
2. Probability and Distribution 9+3
Axioms of probability – Bayes’ Theorem – Random variables – Binomial, Poison, Exponential and Normal distributions – Expectation and variance
3. Sampling Distributions and Estimation 9+3
Sampling distributions – Estimation of parameters – Method of moments – Principle of least squares – Method of maximum likelihood
4. Testing of Hypothesis 9+3
Tests based on normal, t, Chi-square and F distributions for mean and variance – Analysis of variance – One-way and two-way classifications
5. Random Processes 9+3
Classification – Stationary random process – Markov process – Markov Chain – Time series – Characteristics – Moving averages
L:45 + T:15 = 60
References:
- Johnson, R.A., Miller & Freund's probability and statistics for engineers. 6th Edition, Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd., New Delhi, 2002
- Devore, J.L., Probability and Statistics for Engineers and the Sciences. Thomson and Duxbury, Singapore, 2002
- Gupta, S.C. and Kapoor, V.K., Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics. Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi, 2001
- Spiegel, M.R., and Stephens, L.J., Schaum’s Outline Statistics, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 1999
- Medhi, J., Stochastic Processes. New Age International Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2000
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