Ecosystem Services - Assessment and Mapping
Semester: 7th | Optional | ECTS: 5.0
Module leader: Drakou G. Evangelia
Semester: 7th | Optional | ECTS: 5.0
Module leader: Drakou G. Evangelia
The course of assessment and mapping of ecosystem services (ES) aims to introduce the students to the various biophysical processes that are able to supply benefits to people, those being defined as services. The students will be able to familiarize themselves with the notions of nature’s contributions to people, social-ecological systems and ecosystem services. Through lectures, practical, hands-on exercises and small projects, students will acquire the necessary skills to be able to assess and map ecosystem services.
Theory and practicals: Social-ecological systems: theory and conceptual frameworks. Biophysical processes, environment and ecosystem services. Classification systems of ecosystem services. Natural capital, supply, use, value and demand of ecosystem services. Assessment of ecosystem services: methods and tools. Applications of ES assessments in different systems (marine, terrestrial, rural). Methods of ES mapping and introduction to basic tools for ES assessments (participatory mapping, crowdsourcing, earth observation, R, ArcGIS, InVEST). Data for ES assessments: prerequisites, major data sources, challenges. Use of reading of ES maps, user-centered design and thinking. Comparative analysis and choices for ES mapping methods for given examples.
The course is taught during three hours per week, with 1 hour of lecture and 2 hours of practical exercises. The assessment happens through a written report and final exam.
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
1st Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
2st Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
3rd Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
4th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
FIRST STUDY CYCLE
5th Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
6th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
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Additional Modules
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SECOND STUDY CYCLE
7th Semester | Winter | 30 ECTS
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
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Additional Modules
8th Semester | Spring | 30 ECTS
or alternatively
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Set Ι - Physical Geography
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Set ΙΙ - Human Geography
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Set ΙΙΙ - Spatial Planning
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Set IV - Geoinformatics
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Additional Modules
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Geography Department
Harokopio University
Eleftheriou Venizelou Ave., 70
GR-176 76 Kallithea | Athens | Greece
Undergraduate Secretariat:
t: +30 210 95 49 150
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f: +30 210 95 49 376
E-mail: geosec@hua.gr
Postgraduate Secretariat:
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f: +30 210 95 49 376
E-mail: geosecpost@hua.gr
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