Managing the use of land


Semesterangivelse: Efterårs kursus Kurset udbydes i blok 2 Kurset udbydes i skemagruppe C Kurset giver 7,5 ETCS point

 


Udgave: Efterår 2012 NAT
Point: 7,5
Blokstruktur: 2. blok
Skemagruppe: C
Fagområde: geog
Varighed: 7 weeks
Omfang: 5 lessons pr. week
Institutter: Department of Geography and Geology
Studieordning: 2012-curriculum
Uddannelsesdel: Kandidat niveau
Kontaktpersoner: Torben Birch-Thomsen tbt@geo.ku.dk, tlf: 35 32 25 70
Skema- oplysninger:  Vis skema for kurset
Samlet oversigt over tid og sted for alle kurser inden for Lektionsplan for Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet Efterår 2012 NAT
Undervisnings- periode: Week 47-51 and 1-3
Undervisnings- form: The form of teaching and work will be class teaching with active participation of students by means of student presentations, group-work etc.
Indhold: The exact content of the course may be influenced by students and their particular interests. Examples presented are mainly based on case-studies from developing countries but include examples from Europe and the USA. The following topics are likely to be part of the content; Aproaches to land evaluation and land use planning; Resource inventory and allocation: the Abiotic, Biotic, Cultural (ABC) concept in a planning context; Institutional aspects of resource management and land administration; Resource development: Forecasting, monitoring and risk; Plans and reality: empirical examples; Strategies, knowledge and extension: goal oriented interventions; Adaptive management
Kompetence- beskrivelse: The aim of the course is for students to get acquainted with a number of different methods and tools available for land evaluation, land use planning and resource management. Physical, socio-economic and institutional aspects of managing the use of land are considered. The course subjects fall within the following broad categories: resource perception and analysis, development opportunities and scenarios for sustainable exploitation. Sub-themes deal with land use, integrated land use management, rural-urban fringe/peri urban land use, planning systems/institutions, land development.
Målbeskrivelse: Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
  • understand basic theory.
  • read and understand scientific texts.
  • structure minor assignments.
  • Understand scientific problems including the ability to asess and choose the correct method of analysis.
  • present and communicate scientific subjects orally as well as in writing.
  • Tilmelding: Via Selvbetjeningen på KUnet mellem den 15. maj og 1. juni.
    Ansøgningsfrist for Åbent Universitet: June 10
    Eksamensform: Written assignment with oral exam, internal censorship, 7-levels scale.
    Examination form: Set oral examination (written report and curriculum) without preparation time
    Form of assessment: The examination is graded according to the 7-point grading scale.
    Grading: Internal examiner
    Scope: The examination takes 20 minutes, inclusive grading
    Make-up exam: As ordinary exam.
    Eksamen: The report must be submitted on the 15th of January 2013 at 11am in three copies in room 04.1.411 and the oral examination is between the 21th-24th of January 2013.
    Re-examination: Report must be submitted on the 15th of April and oral examination on the 17th of April 2013.
    Kursus hjemmeside:
    Kursus hjemmeside: Please see Absalon.
    Pensum: Please note that the official reading list for the current study year 2012-2013 will be updated and uploaded in Absalon by the 4th week after the start of the block.
    Undervisnings- sprog: Engelsk
    Sidst redigeret: 13/9-2012



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