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226.023 Transfer of Enviornmental Technology to Developing Countries
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2023S, SE, 2.0h, 2.0EC, to be held in blocked form

Properties

  • Semester hours: 2.0
  • Credits: 2.0
  • Type: SE Seminar
  • Format: Presence

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

  • to analyse waste management systems in developing countries

  • to apply the method of material flow analysis to waste management systems and to interpret the results

 


Subject of course

  • Introduction into technology transfer and solid waste management
  • Technical features of waste mangement in South Eastern Europe: waste collection systems, waste generation and composition patterns, waste disposal practices
  • EU legislation and the future of waste management in South Eastern Europe
  • Illustration and analysis of the status quo of solid waste management by material flow analysis (MFA): case study Serbia
  • Case studies on successful and unsuccessful technology transfer in the field of solid waste management in Serbia

Teaching methods

  • Critical discussion of case studies
  • Application of material flow analysis to waste management systems

Mode of examination

Immanent

Additional information

If the course can not take place on-site due to restrictions of the Austrian governement or the TU Wien, the course will take place in an online-format.  The following mode applies if a change to online-format has to be done:

Informationen when courses switch to online-format:

Teaching method if there is a change to online-format:

  • Zoom-Meetings
  • Lecture recordings accessible via TUWEL

Mode of examination if there is a change to online-format:

  • no change compared to on-site format

Examination modalities of an online-examination:

  • see „Examination modalities“; no change compared to on-site format

Required technical equipment to participate in the course and the examination:

  • Device with Internet access (notebook, PC, tablet, smartphone)
Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper: Directive concerning the handling of plagiarism (PDF)

Lecturers

Institute

Course dates

DayTimeDateLocationDescription
Wed14:00 - 19:0031.05.2023Seminarraum 384 Transfer of Environmental Technology to Developing Countries
Thu14:00 - 19:0001.06.2023Seminarraum AA 03 - 1 Transfer of Environmental Technology to Developing Countries
Fri14:00 - 19:0002.06.2023Seminarraum 384 Transfer of Environmental Technology to Developing Countries
Course is held blocked

Examination modalities

Grading of the seminar will be done based on

  • the attendance during the lectures
  • the seminar work/paper.

Seminar work/paper:

  • about five A4 pages
  • topics to be announced

Course registration

Begin End Deregistration end
03.03.2023 00:00 01.06.2023 23:59 01.06.2023 23:59

Registration modalities

Course registration in TISS

Curricula

Literature

No lecture notes are available.

Previous knowledge

English reading and writing.

Miscellaneous

Language

English