Readings of the Landscape

Code:

MRCOT020

Acronym:

LP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Geography

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Hazards, Cities and Spatial Planning

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MRCOT	19	MRCOT - Study Plan	1	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course unit is designed for students to: - Gain thorough knowledge on the concepts of landscape; - Understand the importance of landscape reconstruction in an integrated reading of space throughout time; - Understand and interpret different types of sources, developing comparison between historical and contemporary documents and reading space from the ground; - Develop skills in landscape reading required to successfully perform a professional activity related to spatial planning; - Assess the role of landscape in development policies.

Learning outcomes and competences

Understand the importance of landscape reconstruction in an integrated reading of space throughout time

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Landscape - definitions and principles 2. Perceptions of the landscape: symbolic and identity 3. Reconstructions of the natural environment and human activity 4. Global landscape, natural landscape and cultural landscape 5. Geographic analysis of landscapes 6. Structure and dynamics of the landscape 6.1. Characterization of the landscape 6.2. Landscape units: types and functions 7. Landscape and Heritage: identities and models 8. Multi-functionality of the landscape in regional and local development

Mandatory literature

Orlando RIBEIRO; Opúsculos Geográficos, I volume – Síntese e Método, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1989
Orlando RIBEIRO; Introdução ao Estudo da Geografia Regional, João Sá da Costa, 1987
François BÉGUIN; Le Paysage, Flammarion, 1995
Nicolás ORTEGA CANTERO, coord. ; Paisaje, memoria histórica e identidad nacional, Fundación Duques de Soria e Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 2005
Denis COSGROVE; Stephen DANIELS, eds.; The Iconography of Landscape, The Cambridge University Press, 1988
Jean-Marie BESSE; Voir la terre, six essais sur le paysage et la géographie, Actes Sud/ENSP, 2000
R. FORMAN; M. GODRON; Landscape Ecology, Wiley, 1986
G. ROUGERIE;N. BEROUTCHAVILI; Geosystémes et Paysages, bilan et methods, Armand Colin, 1991
Simon SCHAMA; Landscape and memory, A. Knopf, 1995
Maria de BOLOS I CAPDEVILA, coord.; Manual de Ciencia del Paisaje. Teorías, métodos y aplicaciones, Masson, 1992
Eduardo MARTÍNEZ DE PISÓN et al. ; La Conservación del Paisaje, Fundación Biodiversidad, 2004
Yi-Fu TUAN; . A study of environmental perception. Attitudes and values., Prentice-Hall, 1974
Serrão, Adriana; filosofia e arquitetura da paisagem

Teaching methods and learning activities

Fieldwork and theoretical-practical classes.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	30,00
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	130,00
Total:	130,00

Calculation formula of final grade

test 30%, 40% field work, written work 30%