Course Schedule Seminar Climate Change 2012

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Part A: Understanding Climate Change and the Role of Landscape Architecture

October 23, 2013 / 6 pm CET / Adobe Connect Room

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'Activities:'

• Overall Seminar Introduction
• Round of Introductions: Team and Participants
• The perspective of climate research, lecture by Dr. Klaus Görgen|Climatologist|DE
• Introduction to the Seminar WIKI

October 30, 2012

• Why does climate change matter? lecture and discussion with Dr. Uta Eser|Nürtingen DE|Center for Economics and Environment

November 7, 2011 - exceptionally on Wednesday, same time

• Urban Adaption to Climate Change in Europe lecture and discussion with Birgit Georgi|European Environment Agency

November 13, 2011

• Landscape Layers Lecture by Diedrich Bruns|Kassel University/Germany

November 22, 2011

November 29, 2011

• Lecture by Simon Bell|EMU Tartu/Estonia Reading the Landscape
• Group work: Presentation of Landscape layers and elements (parallel groups)

Assignment I: Analytical Drawing

Time frame: October 25 - November 15, 2011

Student activities:

• Students identify their area of study, creation of wiki pages for each area
• Creation of analytical drawings of these areas
• Presentation of drawings

Assignment II: Landscape Layers and Elements

Time frame: November 15 - 29, 2011

Student activities:

• Classical analysis: topography, open spaces, built, green, traffic and water structures on different layers. *Definition of zones with coherent character
• Description of this character.

Part B: Behaviour Patterns

Plenary Meetings at 6 pm German Time / Adobe Connect Room

December 6, 2011

• Promenadology-Spaziergangswissenschaft Bertram Weisshaar|Leipzig
• Street Traders' Everyday Landscape in Buenos Aires Damian Perez|Buenos Aires

December 13, 2011

• Group work: Presentation of behaviour patterns in parallel working groups

December 20, 2011

• Theory lecture: Prof. Mohammed Masoud|University of Dammam, Saudi-Arabia
• Additional student presentations
• Introduction to part III of the seminar

Assignment III: Behaviour Patterns

Time frame: December 6 - 20, 2011

Student activities:

• How do people behave in this area? How do they use the space? What is important for them?
• Observation of study area, interviews with local people and mapping of use patterns.
• Preparation of short presentation

Part C: Awareness Rising

Plenary Meetings at 6 pm German Time / Adobe Connect Room

January 10, 2012

• Presentation of student results

January 17, 2012

• Presentation of student results

January 24, 2012

• Eventually additional theory input
• Presentation of student results

January 31, 2012

• Session is optional
• Seminar evaluation, feedback and outlook

Assignment IV: Awareness Rising

Time frame: December 19, 2011 - January 17, 2012

Student activities:

• Based on the different landscape assessment approaches students will develop a communication concept for their area of study
• Which measures would be necessary for enhancing the awareness for the area?
• Students are free to choose their method.