854110 Landscape planning I

Type: Lecture
Semester hours: 2
Lecturer (assistant): Damyanovic, Doris , Gugerell, Katharina
Organisation
Offered in: Wintersemester 2024/25
Languages of instruction: Deutsch, Englisch
Content: The course offers students an insight into the discipline and fields of action of landscape planning. It also provides an overview of policy instruments that play an important role in landscape governance. These include planning instruments, market-based instruments and social/cultural instruments.
Landscape is examined here from a broad perspective and is analyzed in the context of current issues of biodiversity, climate change, NBS/risk.
Previous knowledge expected: none
Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences): Students know different policy and planning instruments (formal and informal) in the context of landscape planning and are familiar with their advantages and disadvantages.
Students know possible planning challenges as well as areas of tension of different landscape types. They are able to identify conflicts of use and associated stakeholder interests.
They are able to identify and name policy mixes for diverse landscape types.
Students have an overview of global challenges in the context of landscape planning.

You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.