Studio: Introduction to Landscape Planning

Code:

AP3005

Acronym:

AP3005

Level:

300

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Landscape Architecture

Instance: 2018/2019 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Landscape Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:AP	24	Official Study Plan	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Introduction to Landscape Planning aims to initiate students in the theoretical concepts of landscape planning.

The theoretical component covers: 1) the discipline of Landscape Ecology as a support for the exercise of land use planning from the perspective of Landscape Architecture, 2) the concept of sustainable development and 3) also includes a brief introduction to Portuguese Landscape and Spatial Planning legal framework.

Practical classes aim to consolidate the knowledge acquired in theoretical classes. Students will realize different exercises, which will reinforce their skills to intervene in landscape. In a first moment, students analyse and characterize different variables (altimetry, hydrography, slopes, soils, geology, land use, cultural and natural heritage, infrastructure, demography, etc.). in a second moment, they must identify landscape units and landscape character. In a final moment, students propose a green infrastructure, an area for urban development and define landscape quality objectives. All proposals must attend to European and Portuguese legislation referred on theoretical classes. Individual and work group exercises, developed manually and using GIS.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Initiate students in theoretical concepts and in landscape planning practice.


2. Acquisition of basic skills in the field of analytical component in landscape planning.


3. Acquisition of competences to analyse landscape, based on field trips and technical work.


4. Development of skills to analyse and interpret scientific papers and European and national legislation.


5. Understanding of spatial plans methodologies.


6. Development of oral and graphic skills (manual and digital).


7. Development of working group competences.


8. GIS competences.

Working method

Presencial

Program

• Spatial planning. Principles, methods and practices.


• Landscape Ecology. Origins and concepts.


• The concept of “Landscape”.


• Landscape Ecology as a support for spatial planning.


• Landscape Ecology methodologies.


• Brief characterization of the Portuguese Landscape.


• International movements and the concept of sustainable development.


• Greenways and ecological structure – case studies.


• European Landscape Convention.


• Portuguese Landscape and Spatial Planning legal framework: National Network of Protected Areas, Environment Act, National Ecological Reserve, National Agricultural Reserve.

Practical classes:

• Póvoa de Varzim landscape analyse and characterization;


• Green infrastructure proposal;


• Urban development area proposal;


• Landscape Quality Objectives proposal.

Mandatory literature

Ahern, Jack; The concept of ecosystem services in adaptive urban planning and desing: a framework for supporting innovation, Landscape and Urban Planning, 2014
Ahern, Jack; Greenways as Strategic Landscape Planning: theory and application, Wageningen University, 2002
Bell, Simon;; Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process, E&FN Spon, 1999
Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-use Planning; Dramstad, W., Olson, J. e Forman, R, Island Press, 1996
Fabos, Julius; Greenway planning in the United States: its origins and recent case studies, Landscape and Urban Planning, 2004
Fadigas, Leonel; Ordenamento do Território e da Paisagem, Edições Sílabo, 2007
Gonçalves, Carla; Convenção Europeia da Paisagem e a revisão do Plano Diretor Municipal;, Universidade de Aveiro, 2013
Gonçalves, Carla e Silva, Paulo; Planning green infrastructure from a landscape perspective, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2016. ISBN: 978 1 78347 400 4
Maguelonne Déjeant-Pons; The European Landscape Convention, Routledge, 2007
Marsh, William; Landscape Planning – Environmental Applications, John Wiley & Sons, 2010
Ribeiro, Orlando; Portugal. O Mediterrâneo e o Atlântico. Coleção, Coleção “Nova Universidade”, Edições João Sá da Costa, Lda, 1987
Steiner, Frederick; The Living Landscape – An ecological approach to landscape planning, McGraw-Hill, Inc, 2008
Termorshuizen, Jolande W. e Opdam, P.;; Landscape services as a bridge between landscape ecology and sustainable development, Landscape Ecology, 2009
Thompson, G. e Steiner, F. ; Ecological Design and Planning, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
Turner, Monica G; Gardner, Robert H. e O’Neill, Robert V.; ; Landscape ecology in theory and practice, Springer-Verlag, 2001
Fadigas, Leonel; Urbanismo e Natureza – os Desafios, Edições Sílabo, LDA, 2010
Magalhães Manuela Raposo 340; Estrutura ecológica da paisagem
McHarg Ian L.; Design with nature
Abreu Alexandre Cancela d. 340; Contributos para a identificação e caracterização da paisagem em Portugal Continental. ISBN: 972-8569-28-9

Complementary Bibliography

Bastian, Olaf e Steinhardt, Uta (Eds); ; Aesthetic landscapes: an emergent component in sustaining societies, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002
Fabos, Julius; Introduction and overview: the greenway movement, uses and potentials of greenways, Landscape and Urban Planning, 1995
Musacchio, Laura R; The ecology and culture of landscape sustainability: emerging knowledge and innovation in landscape research and practice, Landscape Ecology, 2009
Pereira dos Santos, Henrique; Do tempo e da paisagem, Principia, 2010. ISBN: 0-471-87037-4
Wiens, John A.; ; Landscape ecology as a foundation for sustainable conservation, Landscape Ecology, 2008
Cabral Francisco Caldeira; Fundamentos da arquitectura paisagista. ISBN: 978-972-775-123-5
Magalhães Manuela Raposo; A arquitectura paisagista. ISBN: 978-972-33-1686-5
Saraiva Maria da Graça Amaral Neto; O rio como paisagem. ISBN: 9789723108316
Andresen, Teresa; Para a Crítica da Paisagem

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes, field trip, project/practical classes using GIS software and manual landscape analyses.

Software

Arcgis
QGis

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Teste	35,00
Trabalho laboratorial	55,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	15,00
Elaboração de projeto	66,00
Estudo autónomo	25,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Theoretical component (40%):

CT1 | Oral presentation and discussion of a scientific paper (25%) - group work.

       Grupos A – 11 April 2019.

        Grupos B – 2 May 2019.
        
        Grupos C – 16 May 2019.

CT2 | Teste escrito (75%) - individual work. 3 June 2019. 

Practical component (60%):

CP1 | Exercise A (60%) (streams, ridge lines, slopes, sections + 400 words) - individual work/manual.


Exercise A deadline: 28 March 2019


CP2 | Exercise B (40%) (soils, geology, land use, cultural and natural heritage, population density, infrastructures, terrain model + Biophysical units, landscape units, green infrastructure, urban development area, landscape quality objectives + 3500 words) - group work/manual and GIS.


Exercise B deadline: 3 June 2019

Minimum grade: 10 in all components (CT1, CT2, CP1, CP2, CP3).

Test specific rules: 1) Students with a score lower than 10 and higher than 8 points have the opportunity to do an oral test. 2) Students with a mark above 16 in the test will have to do an oral test. In the case of not attending, the final classification is 16.

Minimum attendance: 75% of practical classes and 75% of theoretical classes.

Field trip to Póvoa de Varzim  (7 March 2019) is mandatory. The field trip report deadline is 14 March 2019.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grade = 40%*((25%*CT1) + (75%*CT2))+ 60%*((60%*CP1)+(40%*CP2))

Observations

Teacher's email:

Maria José Curado - mcurado@fc.up.pt
Carla Gonçalves - cgoncalves@fc.up.pt