ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.5 Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Plant Production and Engineering Projects
Areas: Engineering Projects
Center Higher Polytechnic Engineering School
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
To know, understand and use the principles of environmental and landscape engineering. Principles of sustainable development. Analysis, management and Territorial Planning Plans. Development projects. Instruments for Territory and Landscape Planning.
The memory of the title contemplates for this matter the following contents:
The Planning of the Territory. Legal framework of reference. Integration of Development Policies. Rural Planning Actions. Territorial and landscape planning and management instruments. Sustainable development. Development projects. Methodologies of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
These contents will be developed according to the following agenda:
Theoretical modules (Expository teaching)
Module I - Introduction to Territorial Planning (6h. L; 12h. NP)
Territorial Planning. Territorial System. Sustainability, sustainable development, and territory.
Module II - Instruments (4h. L; 8h. NP)
The European level. The state level and the regional level. Instruments of integrated planning. Instruments of sectoral planning.
Module III - Planning Methodologies (6h. L; 12h. NP)
Phases. Inventory and analysis. Diagnosis. Generation of alternatives. Planning. Management.
Module IV - Development Projects (2h. L; 4h. NP)
Formulation and execution of development plans and programs. Monitoring and evaluation of development plans and programs.
Practical module (Interactive teaching) (18h. P; 35.5h. NP)
• Practice 1 – Spatial data sources in spatial planning
• Practice 2 – Land use plans: case studies (I)
• Practice 3 – Land use plans: case studies (II)
• Practice 4 – Analysis with Geographic Information Systems (I): Physical – natural environment
• Practice 5 – Analysis with Geographic Information Systems (II): Population and activities
• Practice 6 – Analysis with Geographic Information Systems (III): Nuclei and infrastructures. Norms and institutions
• Practice 7 – Integrated Territorial Diagnosis
• Practice 8 – Planning. Generation of spatial concepts
• Practice 9 – Selection of alternatives
Group tutorials (2 h. P)
Assessment activities (3 h. P)
In the course, the following basic bibliography will be used (in Spanish):
• Gómez Orea, D.; Gómez Villarino, A., 2013. Ordenación territorial. Mundiprensa, Madrid.
• Gómez Orea, D., 1992. Planificación Rural. MAPA - Editorial Agrícola Española, D.L., Madrid.
In the course, the following basic bibliography will be used (in English):
• Alexander, E. R. (1992). Approaches to Planning: Introducing Current Planning Theories, Concepts, and Issues. Taylor & Francis.
The student will be advised to review the following complementary bibliography (in Spanish):
• Benabent Fernández de Córdoba, M. 2006. La ordenación del territorio en España: evolución del concepto y de su práctica en el siglo XX. Universidad de Sevilla-Consejería de Obras Públicas y Transportes, Sevilla.
• Crecente, R., Fra, U., Álvarez, C.J., 2001. Concentración Parcelaria en Galicia: Caracterización y Evaluación. Consellería de Agricultura, Gandería e Política Alimentaria, Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela
• Díaz, E.R., Crecente, R., Álvarez, C.J., 2004. Turismo y ordenación del territorio en el municipio de Ribadeo. Ayuntamiento de Ribadeo y Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela
• Fernández Fernández, A., Pardo Abad, C.J., Martín Roda, E.M., Cocero Matesanz, D. 2007. Ordenación del Territorio y Medio Ambiente. UNED, Madrid.
• Galiana, L., Vinuesa, J. 2010. Teoría y práctica para una ordenación racional del territorio. Síntesis, Madrid.
• Martínez de Anguita, P. (Coord.). 2006. Planificación física y ordenación del territorio. Dykinson, Madrid.
The student will be advised to review the following complementary bibliography (in English):
• Filotas, E., Parrott, L., Burton, P.J. (et al.). 2014. Viewing forests through the lens of complex systems science. Ecosphere, 5(1): 1-23
• Hardin, G. 1968. The tragedy of the commons. Science 162: 1243-1248
• Steffen et al. 2015. Planetary Boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet. Science Vol. 347 no. 6223
In this subject, the student will acquire or put into practice a series of basic and generic skills, desirable in any university degree, and some specific to land use planning (especially in aspects oriented to the agroforestry environment) and development projects. Within the framework of competences designed for the degree, the following will be worked on:
Basic and general skills
CG1 - Knowledge of basic, scientific and technological subjects that allow continuous learning, as well as the ability to adapt to new situations or changing environments.
CG4 - Ability to search for and use the rules and regulations relating to their field of action.
Transversal skills
CT1 - Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CT2 - Capacity for reasoning and argumentation
CT3 - Capacity for individual work, with a self-critical attitude.
CT4 - Ability to work in a group and address problem situations collectively.
CT5 - Ability to obtain adequate, diverse and up-to-date information
CT6 - Ability to prepare and present an organized and understandable text.
CT7 - Ability to make a presentation in public in a clear, concise and coherent manner.
CT8 - Commitment to truthfulness of the information offered to others.
CT9 - Ability to manage information and communication technologies (ICT).
CT10 - Use of bibliographic information and the Internet.
CT12 - Ability to solve problems through the integrated application of their knowledge.
Specific skills
CEG3 - Ability to direct the execution of the works object of the projects related to agri-food industries, farms and green spaces and their buildings, infrastructures and facilities, the prevention of risks associated with that execution and the direction of multidisciplinary teams and resource management in accordance with ethical criteria
CEG4 - Ability to draft and sign measurements, segregations, subdivisions, valuations and appraisals within rural areas, the technique of the agri-food industry and spaces related to gardening and landscaping, whether or not they are expert reports for Bodies judicial or administrative, and regardless of the use to which the movable or immovable property object of the same is destined.
CEG5 - Ability to draft and sign studies on rural development, environmental impact and waste management from agri-food industries, agricultural and livestock farms, and spaces related to gardening and landscaping.
HJ5 - Ability to know, understand and use the principles of civil works, facilities and infrastructure of green areas and protected areas. Electrification. Irrigation and drainage. Machinery for horticulture and gardening.
HJ6 - Ability to know, understand and use the principles of environmental and landscape engineering.
HJ7 - Ability to know, understand and use the principles of legislation and environmental management; principles of sustainable development; Market and professional practice strategies; Valuation of environmental assets.
HJ8 - Ability to know, understand and use the principles of Hydrology. Erosion. Plant material: production, use and maintenance; Ecosystems and biodiversity; Physical mean and climate change. Analysis, management and Territorial Planning Plans. Landscaping principles. Specific design and graphic expression tools; Practical development of environmental impact studies; Environmental and landscape restoration projects; Projects and maintenance plans for green areas; Development projects. Instruments for Territory and Landscape Planning; Management and planning of projects and works.
Teaching will be addressed through expository teaching in groups of up to 30 students (18 hours), through participatory master classes. Likewise, interactive teaching will be given oriented to the development of practical cases (18 hours). The practical cases will serve to put the theoretical explanations in context, and may require group work by the students. The results of the practical sessions, together with the personal work of the student, will constitute a practical work to be delivered in the form of portfolios.
Specifically, they will be used as methodological elements, oriented to the corresponding competences:
• Participatory lectures (CG1, CEG5, CEG3, CEG4, HJ5, HJ8, HJ6, HJ7)
• Seminars and conferences (CG1, CEG5, CEG3, CEG4, HJ8, HJ6, HJ7)
• Laboratory or field practices (CG1, CG4, CEG5, CEG3, CEG4, HJ5, HJ8, HJ6, HJ7)
• Computer classroom practices (CG1, CG4, CT3, CEG5, CEG3, CEG4, HJ8, HJ6, HJ7)
• Use of classic and digital boards (CG1, CT3, CT9)
• Use of the virtual classroom (CG1, CG4, CT3, CT9)
• Making presentations by computer (CG1, CT2, CT4, CT9)
• Troubleshooting (CG1, CT1, CT3, CT5, CT12)
• Preparation and presentation of course work/s (CG1, CG4, CT2, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CT10, CT12, CEG5, CEG3, CEG4, HJ5, HJ8, HJ6, HJ7)
• Learning based on the resolution of practical cases and projects (CT1, CG1, CG4, CEG5, CEG3, CEG4, HJ8, HJ5, HJ6, HJ7)
• Individualized and collective tutorials (CG1, CT3)
• Autonomous work and independent study of the students (CG1, CG4, CT3, CT10, CEG5, CEG3, CEG4, HJ8, HJ6, HJ7)
• Group work and cooperative learning (CG1, CT1, CT4, CT7, CT10, CEG5, CEG3, CEG4, HJ8, HJ5, HJ6, HJ7)
• Active discussion session(s) (CG1, CEG5, CEG3, CEG4, HJ8, HJ6, HJ7)
• Evaluation of skills through control exercises (CG1, CG4, CT2, CT3, CT6, CT8, CT12, CEG5, CEG3, CEG4, HJ8, HJ6, HJ7)
The use of the virtual USC platform, as well as the Microsoft Teams application, will speed up the two-way flow of information between student and teacher, making the teaching of the subject more agile, and facilitating access to documentation by the student.
Mixed with workshops and case studies, and exam. The student is evaluated based on their answers to the teachers' questions and their interventions and results in the workshops and case studies, either individually or in groups. At the end of the course, the students take an exam. The student's grade is divided into 45% in the written test, 45% in the delivery and/or presentation of work (workshops, cases), and 10% in attendance. Students who do not obtain a minimum of 5 points out of 10 in each part will not pass the subject. In the practices, the performance of the student in the classroom will be evaluated through the quality of the work delivered.
For cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the "Regulations for evaluating the academic performance of students and reviewing grades" will apply.
The distribution of competences in the evaluation will be:
Assistance (10%)
Written test (45%): competencies evaluated CG1, CT1, CT2, CT3, CT12, CEG3, CEG4, CEG5, HJ5, HJ6, HJ7, HJ8.
Practical works delivered and/or presented (45%): competencies evaluated CG4, CT1, CT2, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CT9, CT10, CT12, CEG3, CEG4, CEG5, HJ5, HJ6, HJ7, HJ8.
To pass the subject, the student is required to attend 75% of the theoretical and practical classes. Failure to comply with attendance will mean that, in order to pass the subject, the student will have to do additional work proposed by the teacher. The students who have been granted an attendance waiver must carry out specific additional work indicated by the teacher. These criteria are valid for the call for 1st and 2nd opportunity and repeaters. The qualifications of the practical works and of the exams will be conserved only during the academic year.
Students will dedicate a total of 73.5 hours of personal work, which will be divided between reading and preparing topics, carrying out exercises, prior preparation for practices and subsequent work on them, preparing course work , attendance at tutorials and preparation of assessment tests.
It is recommended to adapt to the programming of theoretical and practical contents in accordance with the manuals of the subject, for maximum use when studying it. Likewise, the teaching material will be made available to the students for their study prior to the expository sessions, so that they can better understand and assimilate the concepts of the subject. Students are encouraged to actively participate in classes and use tutorials.
Carlos Amiama Ares
- Department
- Plant Production and Engineering Projects
- Area
- Engineering Projects
- carlos.amiama [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Emilio Rafael Diaz Varela
Coordinador/a- Department
- Plant Production and Engineering Projects
- Area
- Engineering Projects
- emilio.diaz [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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