Development of Sustainable Periurban Landscapes - New Visions and Strategies
08 August - 20 August 2010, LIFE, Noddebo, DenmarkIntroduction
The course is a planning course with emphasis upon actions, solutions, and future prospects for sustainable peri-urban development. Peri-urban landscapes are characterised by great heterogeneity and rapid changes of land use, mainly because they are attractive to many functions and permanently under pressure from urban expansion and demands imposed by nearby population concentrations. Thus, peri-urban areas are located in an in-between situation: neither city nor countryside, hosting a range of functions, spanning from agricultural production, forestry and non-rural enterprises to residential and recreational functions. The current search for sustainable urban development as well as adaptations to climate change, have additionally increased the interests in peri-urban functions and land use patterns. The overall subject of the course is sustainable planning for peri-urban landscapes.
Objectives
With point of departure in a specific ‘project area within the Greater Copenhagen Region, the students will work with SWOT analysis, landscape assessments, impact models and other analytical tools to produce a basis for the formulation of visions, strategies and plans for future developments.The students will be provided with data and other inputs concerning the project area, including information on socio-economic condition, environmental and ecological state and character of the landscape. Local ideas and visions for the area will be presented by politicians, professionals and involved citizens.
The relevant theoretical and methodological issues will be presented in lectures and workshops by a number of teachers from inside as well outside University of Copenhagen. Such issues include: driving forces of peri-urban landscape change, complexity theory and its application in transition management, scenario building, strategic landscape analysis, sustainability impact assessment, and ‘best case’ examples of local plans and strategies for sustainable development in peri-urban areas.
After completing of the course the students should be able to:
• Describe and understand the characteristics and specific problems of peri-urban areas including understanding of driving forces and existing planning initiatives
• Describe basic indicators of sustainability
• Apply methods for description, analysis and assessment/evaluation of peri-urban landscapes
• Apply theory on sustainable development
• Formulate and communicate visions, strategies and plans for a sustainable development of peri-urban landscape
• Work in groups with students from different disciplines
• Discuss the functionality of peri-urban landscape in a wider regional context
Participants
The course applies to experienced students (from 3. study year and forward) within landscape architecture -, geography -, landscape and urban planning as well as others with an interest in sustainable landscape planning.Credits
5 ECTSApplication
Deadline for application: 1 May 2010For more details about the course and application procedure contact:
Lone Kristensen: lokr@life.ku.dk
Accomodation
The course will be held as a boarding school at a university location in Nøddebo (Northern part of Zealand). The students will share double rooms.Costs
Cost of Accommodation and living: 5000 ddk, which has to be paid in advanceContact
For more details about the course and application procedure contact:Lone Kristensen: lokr@life.ku.dk