LAD-23312 Landscape Geography

Course

Credits 12.00

Teaching methodContact hours
One day excursion32
Lectures58
Practical extensively supervised14
Tutorial10
Field Practical68
Course coordinator(s)ing. GJWC Peek
Lecturer(s)ing. GJWC Peek
dr. ir. MPW Sonneveld
prof. dr. F Berendse
prof. dr. KV Sykora
R Dijksma
dr. ir. GJ Carsjens
G Kleinrensink
dr. J Limpens
ir. JW Schavemaker
dr. C de Bont
Examiner(s)ing. GJWC Peek
prof. dr. F Berendse

Language of instruction:

Dutch

Assumed knowledge on:

LAD-10806, NCP-10503

Contents:

This course focuses on the relationships between geology, hydrology, soil, land use, vegetation and ecosystems, historical geography and the genesis, appearance and identity of the Dutch landscapes. Attention will be paid to cultivated regions as well as areas reserved for nature conservation and nature development. Field practicals and excursions of one or more days alternate the lectures, are illustrative and deepen the substance.
The lectures and field trips open up a window on the analysis, planning and design of the metropolitan landscape. In the last part of the course the students are confronted with a planning and design task for the landscape of the western part of the Netherlands, which introduces the required knowledge transfer from the domain of environmental sciences into the domain of landscape planning and design. This is being practiced in full in the follow-up course: the Integrated Studio.

Learning outcomes:

After this course the students are able to: - explain the genesis and identity of landscapes (including land use, vegetation patterns and the distribution of wild animal species) at different scales as a function of the interaction between geological, hydrological, pedological, ecological and anthropogenic processes;
- understand and recognize genesis, spatial distribution and properties of geological deposits, geomorphological units and soils in different landscapes;
- demonstrate detailed understanding of species adaptations to environmental conditions and the effects of species characteristics on ecosystem functioning;
- Indicate problems and solutions in land use planning based on soil, hydrological and landscape properties;
- understand the importance and ability to apply disciplinary knowledge from the environmental sciences in the context of analyzing, planning and designing the metropolitan landscape.

Activities:

- attend lectures, field practicals and excursions;
- inventory and interpretation of (combined) field data;
- work on a practical exercise in groups.

Examination:

- written examination. Minimum rate of each discipline: 5.0.
- presence during field trips is compulsory.

Literature:

- boek: Toine Jongmans, Meindert van de Berg, Marthijn Sonneveld, Gert Peek en Rob van de Berg van Saparoea, 2010. De Landschappen van Nederland, samenhang tussen geologie, bodem en landgebruik. - veldpracticumhandleiding geologie, bodem en landschap Nederland;
- boek: Frank Berendse. Natuur en landschap in Nederland. KNNV 2010;
- excursiehandleidingen vegetatiekunde;
- selected parts of the book by Marjan C. Hidding, ' Planning voor stad en land' . Uitgeverij Coutinho; derde, herziene druk 2006. ISBN-10: 90.

ProgrammePhaseSpecializationPeriod
Compulsory for: BLPLandscape Architecture and PlanningBSc5WD