Concepts of Landscape Development

44B0632

Bachelor

German

5.0

only summer term

1 semester

Precautionary environmental planning and new, often participatory approaches to solutions are becoming increasingly important in the development of cities and regions due to rising competition for land. By getting to know concrete projects, the current challenges and approaches to solutions in urban and landscape development become clear. Structural change is causing sites to be abandoned and new land to be taken up in the immediate vicinity. What instruments can be used to accompany, control and implement these developments? How can the landscape be understood not as a residual space or backdrop, but as a productive system and identity-creating element of the European cultural and natural heritage?

- Introduction to the current challenges for urban and landscape development

- Preparation and deepening of topics taking into account the example regions, e.g.:

- How can perspectives for nature and landscape and for the people living there be developed and successfully implemented in areas affected by demographic change?

- How can high-quality open spaces be secured and developed in dynamically growing urban regions (e.g. regional parks and green space systems as an instrument for securing open spaces, inner development, river landscapes, forests)?

- What new priorities and tasks arise from climate protection and climate adaptation for the development of urban regions and the landscape?

- What are new concepts such as "green infrastructure" and "threefold inner development" all about and what are the links to landscape planning approaches?

- How can citizens be activated to participate in the development of their environment and how can communication processes be shaped in planning procedures?

- What are the experiences of urban, regional and landscape planning practice (visits to planners, nature conservation authorities)?

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• oral exam or
• Homework / Assignment or
• Oral presentation, with written elaboration

Standard examination: term paper (alternative form of examination to be selected by the examiner and announced at the beginning of the course).

Term paper (usually in the form of a poster or, if an instructor wishes, also as a written paper of approx. 15-20 pages) will be prepared during the semester.

Basic knowledge of landscape planning contents, methods and planning systems.

Students have a broad and integrated knowledge and understanding of the scope, main areas and limitations of landscape planning courses of action.

Students can identify different planning approaches, describe them with their advantages and disadvantages and discuss them.

The students possess in-depth methodological knowledge for analysing and deriving a qualified landscape planning development concept, exemplarily tested on a current topic relevant to society.

Students will be able to classify basic methods, planning strategies, modes of action and terminologies of landscape planning in the context of spatial planning and will be able to critically analyse planning processes with regard to implementation and communication obstacles and design cooperative planning procedures.

Students are able to critically examine and further develop current planning approaches against the background of the legal and social framework requirements.

Students can present and discuss current planning approaches.

Students are able to classify the basic roles of the actors and their own role in the context of spatial planning.

The module is connected to the Landscape Planning module.

• Landscape Development B. Eng. (01.09.2025)

• Hanusch, Marie Luise

• Schoppengerd, Johanna
• Schultz, Henrik
• Hanusch, Marie Luise