Modelação de Sistemas Ambientais

At the end of the course, students will have developed the following knowledge, skills and competences:

- Know the principles and systemic approaches for modelling of environmental systems;

- Understand the fundamentals of systems thinking and system dynamics modelling;

- Know how to define a problem in dynamic terms;

- Capacity to develop dynamic hypotheses and build conceptual models for environmental problems;

- Capacity to use system dynamics software and computer-based tools for the analysis of environmental systems;

- Know seminal models for the analysis of typical behavior patterns in environmental systems;

- Be able to formulate model-based environmental policies and evaluation simulation scenarios;

- Understand the efficacy of different strategies for intervening in environmental systems;

- Capacity to analyze data and define modelling strategies for the analysis of environmental problems in a context of complexity and uncertainty;

Capacity to communicate model-based insights effectively.