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| ORM3002 | Soil Erosion and Flood Kontrol | 2+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Lab work , Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Sezgin HACISALİHOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | PROF. DR. Sezgin HACISALİHOĞLU, | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge of soil erosion and flood control. Enable them to understand the main principles, processes, prediction, measurement and control methods of the soil erosion. Learning the controlling and reorganizing techniques of the torrent control and river basin management. Understanding the avalanche, their processes and control methods. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Describe soil erosion and their main processes, measurement techniques and control methods. | 1,3,5 | 1,4,6, | | LO - 2 : | Explain the interactive relations between land use, soil properties, vegetation cover and soil erosion. | 1,3,5 | 1,4,6, | | LO - 3 : | Apply various soil erosion predicting and control techniques to the degraded land surfaces. | 1,3,5 | 1,4,6, | | LO - 4 : | Evaluate the flood and sediment control techniques and structures. | 1,3,5 | 1,4,6, | | LO - 5 : | Determine the potential endangered torrent areas and the structural control methods. | 1,3,5 | 1,4,6, | | LO - 6 : | Decide which method or technique to use for the optimum outcome. | 1,3,5 | 1,4,6, | | LO - 7 : | Present before an audience the results and outcome of any exercise. | 1,3,5 | 1,4,6, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction soil erosion and torrent concepts. Factors and their interactive relations affecting soil erosion and torrents. Soil erosion predicting, measurement, and control methods. Calculation techniques of soil loss amounts. Hydrological factors affecting soil erosion and torrents. Structural precautions against soil erosion types and torrents |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction of the Soil Erosion,Soil Erosion in Turkey and in the world | | | Week 2 | Factors affecting water erosion (climate,topography,vegetation,soil and human) | | | Week 3 | Soil erodibility and erodibility indices | | | Week 4 | Water Erosion types (splash erosion,sheet erosion, rill erosion, gully erosion and channel erosion) | | | Week 5 | Wind Erosion | | | Week 6 | Other types of Erosion (Mass movement,Glacial erosion, Avalanche, Sea and Lake wave erosion) | | | Week 7 | Techniques for measuring soil erosion | | | Week 8 | Soil erosion indicators | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Land Use Classification | | | Week 11 | Water and Wind erosion control measures | | | Week 12 | Fencing,Terraces and Ditches and Gully erosion control methods | | | Week 13 | Mechanical and vegetative measures for wind erosion | | | Week 14 | Flood and Torrent | | | Week 15 | Flood and Torrent Structures | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Balcı, A. N., 1996. Toprak Koruması, İ.Ü. Orman Fakültesi, Yayın No.349, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Görcelioğlu, E., 2003. Sel ve Çığ Kontrolü, İ.Ü. Orman Fakültesi, Yayın No. 473, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Richter, G., 1998. Bodenerosion, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, Deutschland. | | | 2 | Terrence J. T. at all., 2002. Soil Erosion: Processes, Prediction, Measurement and Control, John Wiley and Sons. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Uygulama | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Ödev | 2 | 6 | 12 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 4 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | | Total work load | | | 125 |
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