Undergraduate Course: Design: landscape planning and assessment (ARCH09019)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
A regional landscape evaluation based on comprehensive survey & analysis. A group project, where each team devises a landscape assessment system, which can be used to evaluate the siting of large scale development. History of landscape & environmental assessment. UK & international systems. Composition of assessments & statements. Lectures on forestry, agriculture & recreational use, landscape classification & designation.
Aims of course
1 To develop an understanding of landscape planning and design issues at the scale of the region. An introduction to the history, theory & practice of landscape & environmental assessment.
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Mode of delivery
studio based module informed by lectures on theory and practice. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
none
Co-requisites
none
Prohibited combinations
none |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 150 |
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| First Class |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. identify & differentiate abiotic, biotic and human occupation factors and recognise the effect of their inter-relationship on the landscape.
2. select and apply methods of description, classification & analysis to appraise & evaluate the landscape to a given regional study area.
3. demonstrate an understanding of the potential of landscape planning to protect, conserve and enhance landscape character. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| Landscape Institute criteria: landscape design. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Cullingworth,J B & Nadin V (2006) Town & Country Planning in Britain Foreman R T T (1986) Landscape Ecology. Wiley. Fortlage C A (1990) Environmental Assessment: a practical guide. Gower. Lynch, K (1976) Managing the Sense of a Region. MIT Press. McHarg, I (1969) Design with Nature. Garden City, NY. Landscape Institute & Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (2002) Guidelines for Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment. Spon. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 100 hours
Directed study 100 hours
Self-directed study 0 hours
Total 200 hours |
| Keywords | LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION AND PLANNING |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Lisa Mackenzie
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Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 221 6091
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