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Engineering and Related SciencesTechnology and Resource Management in the Tropics and SubtropicsInstitutionLocationCourse focusFachhochschule Köln (Cologne University of Applied Sciences),Institut für Technologie und Ressourcenmanagement in denTropen und Subtropen (ITT)With almost 20,000 students in 10 faculties, the Cologne Universityof Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) is the largest institution of itskind in Germany. Due to its spectrum of research and wide range ofhigh quality courses, Cologne University of Applied Sciences is a popularcooperation partner, maintaining numerous contacts with universitiesworldwide as well as with trade and industry. Cologne is a city ofturalactivities.The two-year postgraduate programme “Technology and ResourceManagement in the Tropics and Subtropics” provides young Germanand foreign graduates with additional subject-related know-how dealingwith appropriate technologies in the tropics and subtropics, as wellas fundamental skills in resource management.The global food, water and energy crises force us to develop newstrategies and means of managing natural resources. Therefore,experts with a wide range of knowledge to analyse complex humanenvironmentalsystems and develop appropriate solutions are in greatdemand. Tropical and subtropical regions typically face particular challengesdue to pressures from population growth and economic developmentcombined with highly vulnerable environments. The objectiveof the M.Sc. “Technology and Resources Management in the Tropicsand Subtropics” (TERMA) is to provide the participants with the appropriateknowledge and skills to analyse current problems related tothe usage and management of land, water and energy resources onvarious scales and develop adequate solutions towards sustainabledevelopment. To this end, the ITT emphasises a holistic approach,combining technological, economic and socio-political aspects ofenvironmental and resources management.ContentsBasic subject modules:Natural Environment, Human Environment, Environmental andResource Economics, Management, International Development andCooperation, Research Methods, Methodological and Social Competencies,Students Team ProjectElective section:a) Integrated water management: Hydrology and Water Resourc-Water Supply and Demand Management; Water Policy and Legislation;Water Institutions; Urban Drainage, Sanitation and Public Health;Modelling of Hydrological Systems; Water System Analysis; WaterEconomics; Flood and Drought Risk Management; Dams, Channelsand Hydropowerb) Land use management: Land Use and Environment, Land UseSystems, Global Change and Food Security, Resource Economicsand Land Use Management, Soil and Water, Land Use and Water47