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B021541 - SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER AND WASTE IN URBAN AREAS
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Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2021-22
Course year
Third year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Architecture (DIDA)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
ICAR/03 - SANITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
20/09/2021 ⇒ 17/12/2021
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course is focused on urban metabolism, on production, collection and management of waste and wastewater in urban areas, on the impact of diffuse and point source emissions on ecosystems and on natural water treatment systems.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Slide of the lectures available on moodle.
Learning Objectives
To acquire knowledge on production, management and mass balance of solid waste and water in urban areas.
To acquire the ability of understanding waste and water management within urban metabolism.
To know and understand the state-of-the-art of natural water treatment systems.
To apply acquired knowledge to natural water systems design.
To develop learning and communication skills on water and waste management models with reference to selected case studies.
To acquire the ability of understanding waste and water management within urban metabolism.
To know and understand the state-of-the-art of natural water treatment systems.
To apply acquired knowledge to natural water systems design.
To develop learning and communication skills on water and waste management models with reference to selected case studies.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of physics, chemistry and mathematics.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, exercises, guided visits, seminars and discussions on selected topics.
Further information
Type of Assessment
The final exam will consist in an oral exam aimed at evaluating the knowledge and capabilities acquired. The final score will depend on the quality of both the presentation and the written test.
Please, remember that it is always necessary to be registered for the exam of “Sustainable management of water and waste in urban areas” in the online system to enable the electronic registration of the score.
The exam is aimed at verifying, through the discussion on the presentation and the oral test:
the knowledge acquired on production, management and mass balance of solid waste and water within urban metabolism;
the knowledge and understanding of the state-of-the-art of natural water treatment systems;
the ability of applying acquired knowledge on natural water systems design;
the learning and communication skills on environmental issues with reference to a selected case study.
Please, remember that it is always necessary to be registered for the exam of “Sustainable management of water and waste in urban areas” in the online system to enable the electronic registration of the score.
The exam is aimed at verifying, through the discussion on the presentation and the oral test:
the knowledge acquired on production, management and mass balance of solid waste and water within urban metabolism;
the knowledge and understanding of the state-of-the-art of natural water treatment systems;
the ability of applying acquired knowledge on natural water systems design;
the learning and communication skills on environmental issues with reference to a selected case study.
Course program
Introduction to the course
Sanitary and environmental engineering, bioeconomy, circular economy and the cities.
Urbanization, demography, development and urban metabolism.
Main biogeochemical cycles of environmental concern, basics of microbial metabolism and ecology.
Quality parameters of solid, liquid and gaseous matrices.
Urbanisation and urban metabolism.
Correlation between local and global environmental impacts in relation with the strategies for the reduction of ecological footprint.
Waste and wastewater production at regional and EU level and the regulatory framework.
Management of waste in the cities.
Waste production and mass balances
Collection, management and treatment of municipal waste.
Production, management and treatment of wastewater in urban areas
Quality of wastewater and sewage systems
Combined and segregated sewage systems
Sewage systems and combined sewage overflow.
Impact of storm water and point source wastewater discharge on water bodies.
Natural wastewater treatment systems
Wetlands and lagoon for urban runoff management and treatment
Diffuse pollution in urban areas
Evaluation management solutions on case studies of waste and wastewater management in cities around the world.
Sanitary and environmental engineering, bioeconomy, circular economy and the cities.
Urbanization, demography, development and urban metabolism.
Main biogeochemical cycles of environmental concern, basics of microbial metabolism and ecology.
Quality parameters of solid, liquid and gaseous matrices.
Urbanisation and urban metabolism.
Correlation between local and global environmental impacts in relation with the strategies for the reduction of ecological footprint.
Waste and wastewater production at regional and EU level and the regulatory framework.
Management of waste in the cities.
Waste production and mass balances
Collection, management and treatment of municipal waste.
Production, management and treatment of wastewater in urban areas
Quality of wastewater and sewage systems
Combined and segregated sewage systems
Sewage systems and combined sewage overflow.
Impact of storm water and point source wastewater discharge on water bodies.
Natural wastewater treatment systems
Wetlands and lagoon for urban runoff management and treatment
Diffuse pollution in urban areas
Evaluation management solutions on case studies of waste and wastewater management in cities around the world.