Objectives and competences
Some of the specific tasks that graduates will be trained to perform include:
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Risk analysis in hydrology.
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Evaluation of organic waste for agricultural use.
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Soil restoration on land affected by mining or civil works.
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Inventories of natural resources in the frame of global change.
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Management of natural parks and protected natural sites.
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Assessment of water resources in catchments for irrigation, power stations, human use, etc.
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Land evaluation for food production and irrigation.
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Diagnosis and treatment of polluted soils.
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Soil and water conservation projects from field to catchment scale.
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Analysis and diagnosis of soil fertility.
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Landscape planning.
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Water quality monitoring.
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Environmental education.
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Design and cost-benefit analysis of fluvial restoration projects .
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Assessment and recovery of alternative sediment sources.
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Sediment management in regulated rivers.
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Conflict resolution in the use of surface waters.