Studio: Introduction to Landscape Planning

Code:

ARQTP3002

Acronym:

ARQTP3002

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Landscape Architecture

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:EG	11	The study plan from 2019	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.

It privileges: 1) the discipline of Landscape Ecology as a support for the exercise of spatial planning, 2) the concept of sustainable development and 3) an introduction to the legal body of the exercise of spatial planning in Portugal.

It is also intended to: identify and understand the policies that, directly or indirectly, are reflected in the European and national landscape, with emphasis on European and national policies, in line with the European Landscape Convention (Council of Europe, 2000), which aims to promote the protection, management and planning of the territory, and to organize European cooperation in this field; contribute to the development of a critical attitude towards the application of landscape policies.

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


4. Understanding of spatial plans methodologies.


5. Development of working group competences.

Working method

Presencial

Program

• Spatial planning. Principles, methods and practices.


• Landscape Ecology. Origins and concepts.


• The concept of “Landscape”.


• Landscape Ecology as support for spatial planning.


• Landscape Ecology methodologies.


• A 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.


• International and European Institutions and Policies with implications for the protection, management and planning of the territory.

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 lectures. Practical classes for the realization of two works, with a more theoretical nature and a more practical one, both reflecting the subjects taught in the theoretical classes. Presentation, discussion and defense of the respective works.

Software

QGis
Arcgis

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	40,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Teste	30,00
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	61,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Work 1 (30%): Realization, presentation and debate of a work with a view to identifying and understanding the main instruments and policies, European and national, that directly or indirectly are reflected in the territory, namely on the following topics: Air and Changes Climate // Water Resources and Maritime Areas // Energy // Environment, Nature Conservation and Biodiversity // Soils and Agriculture // Forest. During the classes, the teachers will request presentations and intermediate debates on the evolution of the work and main conclusions so far.



Work 2 (40%): Carrying out work with a view to understanding the analysis of the territory with a view to its application in the context of the development of Spatial Planning Instruments.





Individual Work (30%): Written test



The date of the presentations will be available in the Moodle document.

Minimum grade: 10 values.

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Work 1 - 30%

Work 2 - 40%

Written test - 30%

Observations

On the first day of classes, the calendar of all assessment moments will be made available at Sigarra.