Key words
Ecological planning, planning, landscape ecology, environmental themes
Objectives
- The student has knowledge of the basic principles of (landscape-) ecology and some actual environmental problems.
- The student has knowledge of the basic components of an ecosystem and of the coherence in a landscape paying attention to patterns and processes.
- The student is able to make an ecological typology of a study area by means of maps and literature and to make some suggestions for the design of gardens, parks or landscapes.
- The student is able to formulate and apply measures for the practice of landscape-architecture which result in an ecological functioning of a study area.
Competences
The student has an ecological attitude and is able to express and justify this attitude to other people.
The student is able to gain information independantly, to analyse and to synthetisise it.
Topics
Terms and concepts regarding to (landscape-) ecology
Abiotic and biotic factors
Patterns/structures and processes
Aims of ecological planning
Some environmental themes (fragmentation, change in biodiversity, ...)
Practice of ecological planning (relation to design, process of planning, transparancy in planning)
Prerequisites
None
Final Objectives
Materials used
A course is available.
Literature:
"Landschapsecologie, natuur en landschap in een veranderende samenleving", D. van Dorp e.a. (red.), Amsterdam, 1999
MIRA-T-rapport 2001, Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij
Study costs
Cost of the course
Study guidance
Permanent possibility to ask questions.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, during which theoretical terms and concepts are illustrated by means of practical examples. Group task 'Ecological analysis of a study area'
Assessment
Written exam (3/4)
Group task (1/4): evaluated by the lectorer and by self-evaluation by the students in the group
Lecturer(s)
Sylvie VAN DAMME
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