Studio: Introduction to Landscape Planning

Code:

AP3005

Acronym:

AP3005

Level:

300

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Landscape Architecture

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

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	29	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) brief introduction to Portuguese Landscape and Spatial Planning legal framework.

The practical classes aim to consolidate the theoretical courses' knowledge by carrying out practical exercises, which reinforce analyzing, synthesizing, and intervening in landscape planning. Students first develop activities to explore and characterize different biophysical and socio-economic variables (altimetry, hydrography, slopes, soils, geology, land use, cultural and natural heritage, infrastructures, demography, etc.). In a second step, they are instructed to carry out synthesis exercises identifying landscape units and their character. Finally, they have to delimit (propose) the municipal ecological structure for the territory under study and define landscape quality objectives. All the proposals comply with the legislation studied in the theoretical classes. The work referred to is carried out individually or in groups, using Geographic Information Systems software.

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 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.


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

Practical classes:

• Landscape analyses and characterization;


• Green infrastructure 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, project/practical classes using GIS software.

Software

Arcgis
QGis

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Teste	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Elaboração de projeto	50,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho escrito
Estudo autónomo	25,00
Total:	161,00

Eligibility for exams

Development of the Assessment Moments identified below. Minimum attendance: 75% of practical classes and 75% of theoretical classes. 

Theoretical:

Moment 1 (20%) | Group | Presentation and discussion of EEM articles and case studies

Moment 2 (30%) | individual | Written test

 

Practice:

Moment 1 (25%) | individual | Analytical component of relief and hydrography in landscape planning.

Items to be delivered: Letter of party lines and water lines. Ground cuts. decline. descriptive memory

 

Moment 2 (25%) | Group | Biophysical and Anthropogenic Components of the Landscape. Landscape Units. Ecological Structure.

Parts to be delivered: Letter of slopes; slope orientation chart, soil chart, main geological formations chart, land use chart, cultural and natural heritage chart, population density chart, infrastructure chart, biophysical units chart, landscape units and objectives chart of landscape quality, structuring chart, ecological descriptive memory.

Produced in GIS. Delivery in digital format via Moodle 



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

Calculation formula of final grade

Theoretical:



Moment 1 (20%)



Moment 2 (30%)





Practice:



Moment 1 (25%)



Moment 2 (25%)

Observations

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