41202 - Integrated Environmental Planning Modulübersicht
| Module Number: | 41202 |
| Module Title: | Integrated Environmental Planning |
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| Department: | Faculty 2 - Environment and Natural Sciences |
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| Language of Teaching / Examination: | English |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Frequency of Offer: | Every summer semester |
| Credits: | 6 |
| Learning Outcome: | Rationale This module introduces the students to various tools of environmental planning and impact analysis with the help of activities, presentations, and lectures. The module covers environmental planning process and tools, sustainability strategies, international conventions, natural and man-made disasters and hazards, environmental impact analysis, strategies and tools for the protection of natural and cultural landscapes. Lectures/ Seminars: Integrated Environmental Planning The lectures and seminars shall provide students with a basic knowledge of planning and management strategies and tools, information about main syndromes of anthropogenic influence and impacts on nature and human resources, partial overview of current concepts for environmental planning, instruments and methods for monitoring and evaluation processes in the wide field of different programmes' and projects' implementations. This knowledge obtained will be tested in a final oral exam at the end of the semester. In addition, students will be asked to participate in application-based presentations, discussions and essays throughout the module duration. Learning Outcome : • To develop an understanding of the conflicts that environmental planning seeks to address. • To familiarize students with the key tools, complexity, and diversity of environmental planning practices. • To strengthen students’ skills in analyzing and managing problems relevant to the IEP field of study. • To enable students to make informed and rational choices regarding the appropriate methods and tools for different planning situations. • To provide knowledge of, and insight into, the importance of monitoring and evaluation processes. • To equip students with the ability to predict and assess the environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities. |
| Contents: | Environmental problems and conflicts from global to local scale: anthropogenic influences and natural disasters affecting natural resources and human health - Syndromes of global change - Global climate change and response options (mitigation and adaptation) - Concept and history of sustainable development - Voluntary Sustainability Standards - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) |
| Recommended Prerequisites: | None |
| Mandatory Prerequisites: | None |
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| Teaching Materials and Literature: | Lein JK (2003): Integrated Environmental Planning, Blackwell, Oxford Canter, L. W. (1996): Environmental Impact Assessment. Second Edition. McGraw-Hill Inc. Series in Water Resources & Environmental Engineering. Daniels, T. and Daniels, K. (2003): Environmental Planning Handbook, Chicago: APA Planners Press. Glasson, J., Chadwick A. and Therivel, R. (1999): Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment: Principles and procedures, process, practice and prospects. London : UCL Press Marriot, B. B. (1997): Environmental Impact Assessment: A practical guide, McGraw-Hill Randolph, J. (2004): Environmental Land Use Planning and Management, Washington, DC: Island Press. Schmidt, M., João, E. and Albrecht, E. (2005) (Eds.): Implementing Strategic Environmental Assessment. Environmental Protection in the European Union, Volume 2. 742 pages. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. Journals: Environmental Impact Assessment Review Impact Assessment and project appraisal |
| Module Examination: | Continuous Assessment (MCA) |
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To pass the module students need to gain a minimum of 12 points (the sum of points for the above mentioned module components). |
| Evaluation of Module Examination: | Performance Verification – graded |
| Limited Number of Participants: | None |
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| Module Components: | 240308 VL/SE Integrated Environmental Planning |
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