Forest and Landscape Planning
This course instance is exclusively for incoming exchange students
Course description
Landscape and Forest planning is a course aimed at providing students with knowledge and tools to tackle forestry and landscape management at scales larger than a forest stand, for example a forest estate or a landscape. We also will discuss different time horizons, such as 10 years or longer as 100 years. The course aims to integrate gathered knowledge and skills from forestry science and landscape architecture. Students learn by doing class, computer lab and field activities. Independence and initiave will also be fostered when students create their own forest and landscape management plan based on their ideas and data collected for an interesting forested area in Scania.
Entry Requirements
English 6
Exemption granted from the general entry requirements of Swedish.
Course facts
SV0052, Forest and Landscape Planning, 15.0 Hp
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Syllabus
Finalized by: Ordföranden för programnämnden för utbildning inom skog (PN-S), 2023-12-22
Valid from : Spring semester 2025 (2025-01-20)
Level
First cycle (G2F)
Main field of study
Forestry Science, Landscape Architecture
Sub-area forestry science
Objectives, planning and policy 15 credits
Grading Scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Course language
English
Entry Requirements
English 6
Exemption granted from the general entry requirements of Swedish.
Objectives
The overall aim of the course is to provide students with skills and knowledge to develop and critically analyse Landscape and Forest Management Plans while considering multiple objectives, users and contexts. Hence, the student will obtain the necessary capacities to implement theoretical knowledge of planning to practical landscape and forest planning cases.
After completing the course, the student should be able to
- explain the general aims and the principal steps of landscape and forest management planning within the context of complex problems
- apply knowledge and skills on forest inventory, silviculture, decision-support systems, geographical information systems (GIS) and economics to design and critically evaluate forest management plan based on forest inventory information, ecological and cultural values, multiple objectives and defined goals
- discuss relevant and new paradigms of sustainable landscape and forest planning, e.g. landscape perspectives, green infrastructure
- show understanding of the main differences and challenges of forest planning in terms of scale, goals, and urban-rural context
- verbally and graphically (with the aid of relevant digital drawing- and layout tools) communicate a proposed forest management plan, while also in a transparent way backing up the plan with background facts, conceptual ideas and plausible arguments.
Content
Subject matter
The course covers theoretical and practical aspects about landscape and forest planning with a sustainable development approach in which economic, nature and societal values are balanced. The course takes a transdisciplinary perspective to provide students with knowledge and skills on landscape planning and on forest management planning.
The landscape planning skills are developed through the exercise of landscape analysis, stakeholder analysis, sketching, by weighing different perspectives against each other and by practicing communication through different illustration- and layout techniques.
Development of a Forest Management Plan of a forest estate will be carried out in a hands-on fashion, based on specific goals and available information, utilizing and reinforcing knowledge on forest inventory, forest economics, GIS, decision support systems, landscape perspectives, forest ecology, silviculture, among others.
Synergies and trade-offs between Landscape and Forest Management Planning perspectives will be critically analysed based on sustainability principles and society’s priorities, such as, access for recreation, improvement of biological diversity, timber production, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Implementation
Lectures, exercises, study trips, excursions, assignments, reports, essays, and presentations.
The course focuses on the following general competences: critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, plan and time management, oral communication, written communication, digital competence, information competence.
The following elements are compulsory:
Excursions.
Collaboration with the surrounding community takes place through study visits, excursions and guest lectures with stakeholders.
Examination Formats and Requirements for Passing the Course
Passed written examinations, approved oral and written presentation of assignments and completed participation in compulsory components.
Responsible Department/Equivalent
Department of Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre
Supplementary information
Module set
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Landscape analysis and -representation | 6.0 | 0001 |
| Forest management planning and decision support systems | 6.0 | 0002 |
| Synthesis and final presentation | 3.0 | 0003 |
The Course Replaces
SV0023
Other Information
Additional costs for excursions may apply.