Introduction to Landscape Planning

Code:

ARQTP3001

Acronym:

ARQTP3001

Level:

300

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Landscape Architecture

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Environmental Sciences and Technology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:CTA	35	Plano estudos a partir do ano letivo 2016/17	3	-	3	24	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Introduction to Landscape Planning aims to introduce students to the basic theoretical concepts and the practice 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) a brief introduction to the legal body of the exercise of spatial planning in Portugal.

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

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Initiation of students in the basic theoretical concepts and in the practice of planning the landscape and the territory.

2. Acquisition of skills for analysis and interpretation of the landscape, based on the study of the territory variables.

3. Developing the capacity to analyze and interpret documents and Community and national legislation.

4. Enabling the student to understand the methodology for developing a territorial management instrument.

5. Development of individual and team work skills.

Working method

Presencial

Program

• Territory Planning. Guiding principles. Methods and practices


• Landscape Ecology. Origin and concepts.


• Concept of Landscape.


• The application of Landscape Ecology concepts to spatial planning.


• Brief characterization of the Portuguese Landscape.


• International movements and the concept of sustainable development.


• Green corridors and ecological structure.


• The European Landscape Convention.


• The legal framework for spatial planning - main instruments in Portugal: The Basic Law for the Environment and the Basic Law for Spatial Planning and Urbanism. The particular case of REN and RAN. The legal regime for nature conservation and biodiversity.


• International and European Institutions and Policies with implications for landscape protection, management and planning.

Mandatory literature

McHarg Ian L.; Design with nature
Ahern, Jack; The concept of ecosystem services in adaptive urban planning and desing: a framework for supporting innovation, 2014
Ahern, Jack; Greenways as Strategic Landscape Planning: theory and application, 2002
Greenway planning in the United States: its origins and recent case studies, ; Fabos, Julius, 2004
Fadigas, Leonel; Ordenamento do Território e da Paisagem, 2007
Ribeiro, Orlando; Portugal. O Mediterrâneo e o Atlântico, 1987
Marsh, William; Landscape Planning – Environmental Applications, 2010
Steiner, Frederick; The Living Landscape – An ecological approach to landscape planning, 2008
Termorshuizen, Jolande W. e Opdam, P.; Landscape services as a bridge between landscape ecology and sustainable development, 2009
Gonçalves, Carla e Silva, Paulo; Planning green infrastructure from a landscape perspective, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2016. ISBN: 978 1 78347 400 4
Gonçalves, Carla; Convenção Europeia da Paisagem e a revisão do Plano Diretor Municipal, Universidade de Aveiro, 2013

Teaching methods and learning activities

Group Work (70%): Realization, presentation and debate of a work which aims to identify and understand the main instruments and policies, European and national, that are directly or indirectly reflected in the territory, namely in the following themes: Air and Climate Change // Water Resources and Maritime Areas // Energy // Environment, Nature Conservation and Biodiversity // Soil and Agriculture // Forest. Throughout classes, teacher will request presentations and intermediate debates on the progress of the work and main conclusions so far. 

Group Work (30%): Completion, presentation and discussion of a paper on the following topics: Definition and scope of OT; national and international environmental policies; the legal framework of OT; public utility easements and restrictions; landscape ecology; landscape analysis variables and methodologies; characterisation of the Portuguese landscape. Throughout the lessons, the lecturer will ask for presentations and intermediate debates on the progress of the work and the main conclusions to date.

The dates of the presentations will be available in a document in moodle.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	70,00
Teste	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	53,00
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	0,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Minimum grade: 10 points in each exercise.

Presence in 75% of theoretical and theoretical-practical classes.

Mandatory presence in presentations.

Calculation formula of final grade

Group project (theoretical): 30%

Group project (practical): 70%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students covered by any special status should meet with the course professor to discuss the evaluation system, at the beginning of the term.

Classification improvement

It will not be considered the possibility of grade improvement in any of the evaluation components.