BIO-218 Water Resources Planning & Management
This seminar course is designed to stimulate students' interests in the field of water resources from an environmentally sustainable perspective. Five water resource areas will be highlighted: (1) rivers and watersheds, (2) groundwater and aquifers, (3) estuaries, (4) coastal floodplains, and (5) marine resources. The focus will be on the resources themselves and their functions, values, and impacts from human uses as well as policy issues and management techniques.