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: Mitigation and Adaption on Regional Scale
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: Mitigation and Adaption on Local Scale
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.