Module Identifier | RD20520 | |||||||||||
Module Title | LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING IN PRACTICE | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2003/2004 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Alister J Scott | |||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 44 Hours 22 x 2 hour lectures | ||||||||||
Practical | 18 Hours 6 x 3 hours | |||||||||||
Assessment |
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Range
Statutory:- Development plan/ WPG/TAN/ White papers
Non-Statutory:- Countryside strategy, BAP, LA21.
3. Evaluate and formulate recommendations for the case study with respect to good practice in landscape and planning procedures
Performance criteria
Relevant planning policies are evaluated and recommendations are made
Relevant material considerations are evaluated and recommendations are made
The landscape is evaluated and the recommendations are justified.
Appropriate management options are applied to a given landscape.
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Ranges:
Statutory: Development plan/ WPG/TAN/ White papers
Non-Statutory: Countryside strategy, BAP, LA21. .
Evaluation - historical nature of relic; industrial, agricultural, settlement/civilisation remnants, protective defences, conservation, recreation, landscape value, rarity, representative, diversity etc
Conservation measures, visitor management, restoration, modification, maintenance, designation, local and county initiatives.
4. Evaluate the relevant issues relating to public participation and perception for a given study area
Performance criteria
Public views and perceptions, regarding the landscape, are identified and evaluated
Public views and perceptions regarding the development are identified and evaluated
Relevant public views are directly related to future management guidelines and decision making.
Range:
Involvement: Letters, petitions, surveys, interviews
Secondary sources: Literature, guides, poetry, documentary sources
The module therefore aims to enable students to:
.2 IT and information handling
The requirement to undertake a field and desk study involves the compilation and analysis of considerable amounts of information. This is directly assessed
.6 Careers need awareness
The assignment relates directly to the world of work by involving the students in local authority led systems and procedures that are used and assessed on a daily basis in the work situation. Through the teaching and the assessment students will understand the issues and difficulties associated with protecting the countryside. This is directly assessed.
.7 Self-management
The assignment will require extensive skills in self management. There are three interlinked stages to the assignment which will have staggered deadlines. This will allow the student an opportunity to respond to feedback and improve over the course of the assessment.
This module is at CQFW Level 5