Course code Arhi5042
Credit points 3
Landscape Planning
Total Hours in Course81
Number of hours for lectures8
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes24
Independent study hours49
Date of course confirmation18.12.2013
Responsible UnitInstitute of Civil Engineering and Wood Processing
Course developer
Māra Urtāne
Dr. phil.
Course abstract
To allow students to appreciate the main constituents of different landscape types and how management effects their status. To introduce students with the implications of sustainable development in landscape planning.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
• Student obtain knowledge: about development of landscape planning projects, new tendencies and conceptions in landscape planning;
• skills: to explain and make discussion about complex aspects of landscape planning with specialists and public;
• competence: independently formulate and criticaly analyse complex landscape planning problems.
Compulsory reading
1. Simonds J. O. Landscape architecture : a manual of land planning and design. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2006. 396 p.
Further reading
1. Ainavu plānošana, apsaimniekošana un aizsardzība lauku pašvaldībās. Rīga: Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija, 2001. 28 lpp.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Topos. Published by Callwey Verlag. ISSN: 0942-752X.
2. Garten + Landschaft : Zeitschrift für Landschaftsarchitektur. 1948- ISSN: 0016-4720. [skatīts 08.07.2014.]. Pieejams: https://www.garten-landschaft.de/journal/