Course Schedule Seminar Climate Change 2012

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

October 23, 2012 / 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, 2012 - exceptionally on Wednesday, same time

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

Part B: Mitigation and Adaption on Regional Scale

November 13, 2012

• The Alpine Region and the Adaption of Forestry to Climate Change Lecture and discussion with Wolfgang Pfefferkorm| CIPRA http://www.cipra.org/en/cipra-home/?set_language=en
• Climate Change scenarios for the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia Lecture and discussion with Dr. Wisam E. Mohammed|University of Dammam, KSA

November 20, 2012

• Building Adaptive Capacity for Managing Climate Change in Coastal Megacities, the example of Bangkok, Thailand Lecture and discussion with Asan Suwanari|Thammasat University,Thailand

November 27, 2012

• Climate Change and Ecosystems Lecture by Prof. Dr. Matthias Drösler|HSWT, DE
• Wind energy in the border region of Germany and the Czech Republic Lecture by Prof. Dr. Markus Reinke|HSWT, DE

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.

Plenary Meetings at 6 pm German Time / Adobe Connect Room

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: Mitigation and Adaption on Local Scale

December 11, 2012

• Coastal Protection and Stormwater Management: Future scenarios for the Dutch Ijsselmeer Lecture by Gertjan Jobse|NL (asked)
• Climate change scenarios for the city of Mombasa Lecture by Cynthia Awuor|Kenia

December 18, 2012

• Poverty and Climate Change in Urban Bangladesh Lecture by Dr. Manoj Roy|CLIMURB Project

January 8, 2013

• Five-step approach for sustainable energy landscapes Lecture by Dr. Sven Stremke|WUR Wageningen, NL

January 15, 2013

• Adapting open space planning to climate change Lecture by Dr. Sanda Lenzholzer|WUR Wageningen, NL

January 22, 2013

• Adapting Urban Planting design to climate change Lecture by Dr. MaryCarol Hunter|University of Michigan, USA

January 29, 2013

• Presentation of Student results

February 4, 2013

• Presentation of Student results

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.