| Responsible Department | Forest & Landscape | ||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | MSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination oral examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Presentation of the project report precedes the oral exam. Weight: Exam questions referring to examination requirements (25%), partly to the project report (75%). 7-point scale, external examiner | ||||||||||||||||
| Requirement for Attending Exam | Thematic reports and project report must have been submitted. | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 4 Week Structure: A Block 4 Week Structure: B | ||||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | The number of students is restricted to 50. In case of more students those enrolled at MSc. Nature Management - Landscape, Biodiversity and Planning will be given priority. | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||||
| The course embraces rural landscape management with emphasis on ends, means and solutions in management and planning projects. The first part of the course includes lectures, exercises and seminars concerning landscape processes and functions. Issues dealt with in the lectures and seminars include: . Landscape processes related to water and soil (nutrient fluxes in the landscape) . The cultural landscape - current change patterns related to agriculture, recreation and residence and implications for public policy and planning . Farmers' and other key agents' attitudes and practices concerning land use, cultural heritage, habitat management and aesthetical values . Spatial planning. Design and implementations of spatial plans dealing with conflict management as well as place making issues . The legal framework, planning functions and processes The project part of the course starts with a three days excursion to a municipality and a regional section of the Nature Agency with the aims of getting insights to current management and planning tasks and introducing potential student projects. With points of departure in the municipality visited, the students form project groups and propose a project problem to be approved. The project work is usually carried out in groups of 3-5 students with different disciplinary background. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| The first part of the course consists mainly of lectures, seminars and structured assignments (exercises). In the last and main part of the course project work based on concrete management and planning problems in interdisciplinary groups constitute the principal learning method. The project work is based on combinations of field work, readings, analytical and synthesizing work, all adapted to the problem in question. The project work is followed and supported by an appointed advisor. | |||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||||
| Aims The overall aim is to gain hands on experiences with problem based management and planning of rural landscapes. During the course the student will be will be trained in problem analyses, policy analyses (design and implementation of policy, plans, projects). Learning Outcome After completing this course the student must be able to: Knowledge: . Understand the basic natural processes and social functions maintaining and changing rural landscapes with a focus on North European Landscapes . Understand current change patterns, their underlying driving forces and the associated management problems, available instruments and operational solutions . Demonstrate insights into the relationships between the primary agents (farmers, forest owners, public owner, foundations etc.), the landscape system (functions, patterns, character) and public policy interventions Skills: . Communicate landscape problems in participatory processes with owners and other stakeholders . Apply policy analytical skills in analysing/identifying intervention objectives, alternative regulation instruments and implementation strategies . Apply analytical skills in diagnosing natural and cultural conditions of the landscape including characterisations of nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services, heritage values and the overall landscape character . Asses the overall impacts of specific policy interventions and propose ex post evaluations. Competences . Multi-disciplinary cooperation in problem based landscape management processes . Synthesize multilayer types of (imperfect) information into operational solutions for landscape management projects. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||||||||
| Primdahl, J. and Swaffield, S. ed. (2010) Globalisation and Agricultural Landscapes. Change Patterns and Policy Trends in Developed Countries. Cambridge University Press. (Selected chapters) More selected texts (to be identified) | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Jørgen Primdahl, jpr@life.ku.dk, Forest & Landscape Denmark/Urban and landscape studies, Phone: 353-31822 | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Fee | |||||||||||||||||
| Direct costs for excursions and reproduction of maps and report material. | |||||||||||||||||
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