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Benjamin Gossweiler Herrera
Sacaba city, in the department of Cochabamba, in Bolivia and has experienced substantial and disordered urban growth in the past 30 years. This uncontrolled process has led to deficiencies in basic sanitation services for the new inhabitants, but also the appearance of some small basic industries, creating conditions of accelerated contamination of mainly surface waters. Though environmental pollution linked to domestic and industrial activities is recognized as a problem in many developing countries, issues regarding land degradation, land use, land cover and water quality and contamination risk management, and the related concepts are not well or fully documented. The interactions between climate and land use change, water regime and soil characteristics, and their influence on water quality, show differences across the world.
Presentation
I am a PhD student in the Agricultural Water Management research group at the Department of Soil and Environment -NJ Faculty SLU in Uppsala.
Teaching
GIS and Remote Sensing, Research Methods.
Research
My research topic is: "Impact of Climate and Land use Changes on Temporal Variations in Water Regime and Quality in a Peri-Urban/Rural Catchment"
The aim of this PhD project is to improve understanding of the spatial and temporal
variability in water regime and quality in the Rocha River Basin, in relation to land use, climate and catchment characteristics, in a peri-urban/rural area in the Sacaba valley.
This will be achieved by: 1) assessing the influence of historical land use and climate
change on water regime and water quality in waterways, 2) assessing the pollution from non-point sources as a function of land use, geomorphology and position in relation to waterways, 3) evaluating pollution transport by continuous rainfall-runoff modelling using SWAT.
Environmental analysis
GIS modeling, Digital Image Classification (Landsat 5, 7 and 8 and Sentinel 2), Water Quality Modeling, Soil Properties and Distribution, and SWAT Modeling.
Cooperation
ASDI Sweden - UMSS Bolivia
Background
Master of Science in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Management Specialisation. Twente University - The Netherlands. 2010.
Lecturer and researcher at University Major of San Simon. 2013 to present.
Biology licentiate degree, University Major of San Simon. Cochabamba -Bolivia 2002.
Supervision
Associated Professor Ingrid Wesström, Profesor Ingmar Messing and Associated Professor Abraham Joel.
Links
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benjamin_Gossweiler
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-gossweiler-herrera-58620a24/
https://umss.academia.edu/BGossweiler