Environmental Geoinformatics detailed syllabus for Geoinformatics Engineering (Geo) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Geo students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Geoinformatics Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Geo 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Geo Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of environmental geoinformatics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT Sources and demands of water – Characteristics of water – Point and non-point sources of water pollution – Spectral responses of clear and contaminated water – chlorophyll – Remote Sensing of Water quality assessment – Classification of water quality for various purposes , Sampling procedure, quality analysis, Database creation and quality modeling using GIS. Database Creation and designing water supply network, sewerage network using GIS. Runoff estimation – flood prediction modeling – aquifer vulnerability modeling.
Unit II
SOIL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT Formation of Soils – classification – landforms – soil erosion – factors influencing soil erosion, soil contamination – distribution and accumulation of contaminants such as toxic metals, synthetic chemicals in soil – mining pollution – methods of conservation – afforestation – EMR responses with contaminated soil – modeling soil characteristics using satellite data-soil degradation assessment using Remote Sensing and GIS- Land reclamation.
Unit III
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Unit IV
AIR POLLUTION Geo demographic Analysis – Land Value Analysis – Optimisation of Facility Locations – Site suitability Analysis for Infrastructure – Optimal Route Analysis – Accident Analysis – Road Alignment Planning – Traffic and Parking Studies – case studies.
Unit V
GLOBAL PROSPECTIVE AND CLIMATE CHANGE Prevention and Control measures – Carbon footprints and sinks, carbon trading, carbon credits and marketing, Indian and international status – case studies – Definitions- Climate, Climate system, climate change – Drivers of Climate change – Characteristics of climate system components – Green house effect – Carbon cycle – case studies.
Course Outcomes:
•On completion of the course, the student is expected to
- Understand the possible applications of remote sensing and GIS in water quality analysis and network design
- Understand the possible applications of remote sensing and for soil conservation
- Understand the possible applications of remote sensing and for solid waste management
- Understand the possible applications of remote sensing and for air pollution mapping and modelling
- Understand the possible applications of remote sensing and for climate change perspectives
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Lintz, J. and Simonent,D.S. Remote sensing of environment Addision Wesley, Radingmars, 2010.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Geoinformatics Engineering 5th Sem, visit Geo 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Geoinformatics Engineering results, visit Anna University Geo all semester results direct link.