Course code Arhi5041
Credit points 4.50
Cultural Landscape Quality
Total Hours in Course120
Number of hours for lectures12
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes36
Date of course confirmation18.12.2013
Responsible UnitInstitute of Civil Engineering and Wood Processing
Course developer
Māra Urtāne
Dr. phil.
Course abstract
Cultural historical landscape preservation from theoretical and practical aspects. Introduction with specific assessment criteria and methodologies. Learn how to use theoretical and practical approache.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
• Student obtain knowledge: about development of history of society and landscape and conceptions of landscape preservation;
• skills: to explain and make discussion about complex aspects of landscape preservation with specialists and public;
• competence: independently formulate and criticaly analyse complex cultural heritage landscape problems.
Compulsory reading
1. Europe's Cultural Landscape: archaeologists and the management of change. Brussels: EAC, English Heritage, 2002. 232 p.
2. Urtane M. Landscape of Archaeological Sites in Latvia. Alnarp: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2001. 130 p.
Further reading
1. Jellicoe G., and Jellicoe S. The Landscape of Man. Thames&Hudson. 2004.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Latvijas Architektūra: arhitektūras, dizaina un vides apskats. ISSN 1407-4923.