Course Schedule Seminar Climate Change 2012
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Pre-Seminar Activities
Assignment I: Concept Mapping of the Seminar Theme
- This assignment needs to be completed before the seminar starts
- Read seminar details
October 16, 2012 / 6 pm CET / Adobe Connect Room
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- Sound-check for newcomers
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
Assignment II: Concept Mapping of Seminar Topics
- Small groups develop concept maps of seminar lectures and topics discussed.
- read seminar details
October 30, 2012
- Why does climate change matter? lecture and discussion with Dr. Uta Eser|Nürtingen DE|Center for Economics and Environment
November 6, 2012
- 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 DI Wolfgang Pfefferkorn| CIPRA
- 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 Suwanarit|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
December 4, 2012
- Introduction to Assignment III
Assignment III: Collaborative Climate Adaption Project
Student activities:
- Small student groups work collaboratively on an adaption concept
- read assignment details
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: Post-seminar concept mapping
Time frame: January 17, 2012 - February 2012
Student activities:
- Students rework the initial concept map in the seminar theme