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Bachelor, 6^th semester

ECTS credits/workload per semester:

6 / 150

Contact hours per week/contact hours per semester:

4 / 45

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This course introduces students to current conservation and landscape planning challenges, methods, and tools at European and international levels, considering social, normative, ethical, and participatory aspects. Against the background of global environmental issues, internationalizing planning, EU directives, international conventions, and evolving national conservation, planning, and construction law, students explore and critically reflect on planning cases, methods, and instruments in an international context.

The seminar focuses on “Green Infrastructure” in the broadest sense and examines case studies from rural agricultural landscapes, post-industrial urban sites, and urban green spaces. Cases are drawn from research and practice in the EU, UK, USA, Latin America, Italy, Israel, Africa, and Sweden, illustrating the societal and environmental relevance of green infrastructure.

Topics and case studies include:

• The European dimension of green infrastructure

• Green infrastructure and the integration of stormwater, recreation, habitat, and utilities

• Challenges for green infrastructure in Latin America: the case of São Paulo

• Wildlife connectivity and green corridors in Portugal

• Challenges for green infrastructure in the Middle East context

• The New London Landscape Project

• Sustainable management of UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscapes – international approaches

• Landscape management, nature conservation, and rural development in multi-ethnic landscapes: the case of Transylvania, Romania

Students analyze, compare, and critically evaluate planning methods and instruments, situating landscape planning in interdisciplinary and global contexts. They also engage with literature, develop technical vocabulary, and communicate planning content in English with international experts and peers.

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