Rural planning

Ability to study, intervene and manage the planning and management procedures of the agrarian territory and landscape integration.

The contents referred to in the course are as follows:
• Conceptual framework of territorial planning: Concept and its types.
• Generic concept. Definition and objectives of agricultural land planning and management.
• Legal framework of territorial planning.
• Methodology for preparing a territorial planning plan. Analysis and diagnosis of the territorial system.
• Preparation for the planning phase. Territorial planning. Land Planning and Design: Landscape integration. Study, intervention, and management.
These contents will be developed through the following modules:

Theoretical Modules (Expository Teaching):
Module I.- The rural system (4 hours)
Topic 1. Introduction. Rural planning: concepts and definitions. Classical concept of rural. Systemic concept of rural. Complex systems, components, and relationships. Socio-ecological systems.
Topic 2. Components of the rural system. Basic elements of the rural system. Basic composition in subsystems. Physical environment. Population and activities. Nuclei and infrastructures. Rules and institutions.

Module II.- Basic elements in planning (4 hours)
Topic 3. Cooperation in planning. Determining elements: tragedy of the commons and governance of the commons. Prisoner's dilemma. Cooperation and planning: normative and deliberative planning. Integration.
Topic 4. Levels in planning. Strategic, tactical, and operational planning. Plans, programs, projects. Levels of formality. Governance.
Topic 5. Perspectives in planning. Typology and structuring of problems. Alternatives to problem management. Detection of potentialities. Normative and deliberative approaches.

Module III.- Legal framework, governance, and instrumentation (4 hours)
Topic 6. Governance and levels in planning. Territorial governance. Hierarchical levels in planning.
Topic 7. Planning instruments. Hierarchy in instruments. European instruments. Specific regional instruments. Sectoral instruments.

Practical Module (Interactive Teaching) (12 hours)
Practice 1. Inventory and analysis of the territorial system
Practice 2. System diagnosis (I)
Practice 3. System diagnosis (II)
Practice 4. Action strategies
Practice 5. Proposal of alternatives (I)
Practice 6. Proposal of alternatives (II)

In the course, the following basic bibliography will be used (in Spanish):
• Gómez Orea, D., 2008. 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 other specific to rural planning. Within the framework of competences designed for the degree, the following will be worked on:

Basic and general skills
CG1 - Ability to plan, organize, direct and control the production systems and processes developed in the agricultural sector and the agri-food industry, in a framework that guarantees the competitiveness of companies without forgetting the protection and conservation of the environment and the improvement and development sustainable rural environment.
CG4 - Ability to apply the knowledge acquired to solve problems in new situations, analyzing information from the environment and synthesizing it efficiently to facilitate the decision-making process in companies and professional organizations in the agri-food sector.
CG5 - Ability to transmit their knowledge and the conclusions of their studies or reports, using the means that communications technology allows and taking into account the knowledge of the receiving public.
CG7 - Ability to develop the necessary skills to continue learning autonomously or directed, incorporating new concepts, processes or methods derived from research, development and innovation into their professional activity.
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - That students have the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.


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.
CT11 - Use of information in a foreign language.
CT12 - Ability to solve problems through the integrated application of their knowledge.

Specific skills
CE5 - Appropriate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the planning and management of agricultural territory and landscape integration.
CE7 - Appropriate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the study, intervention and management.

The subject will be taught through expository teaching in groups of up to 40 students (12 hours), through participatory lectures. Likewise, interactive teaching oriented to the development of practical cases (12 hours) will be given. The practical cases will serve to put the theoretical explanations in context, and will 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, the following will be used as methodological elements:
• Participatory lectures (CG1, CG4, CG7, CB10, CE5, CE7, CT5, CT10, CT11)
• Seminars and conferences (CG1, CG4, CG7, CB7, CB10, CE5, CE7, CT5)
• Laboratory or field practices (CG1, CG7, CT1, CT3, CT4, CT9)
• Computer classroom practices (CT1, CT3, CT4, CT9)
• Use of classic and digital whiteboards (CG5, CT9)
• Use of the virtual classroom (CT9)
• Making presentations by computer (CG5, CT6, CT7, CT8)
• Troubleshooting (CT2, CT12)
• Preparation and presentation of course work/s (CG1, CG4, CG5, CG7, CB9, CE5, CE7, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CT10, CT11)
• Learning based on the resolution of practical cases and projects (CG1, CG4, CE5, CG7, CB6, CB7, CB8, CE7, CT2, CT12)
• Individualized and collective tutorials (CT3)
• Autonomous work and independent study of the students (CG1, CT1, CT3, CT5, CT12)
• Group work and cooperative learning (CG1, CG4, CG5, CB7, CB8, CB9, CT4, CT6, CT10, CT11)
• Active discussion session(s) (CT1, CT2)
• Evaluation of skills through control exercises (CE5, CE7, CT2, CT3, CT6, CT12)

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.

Compulsory attendance to all face-to-face activities (interactive classes, lectures and tutorials) which must be higher than 75% in its general computation, with active participation. Students who do not comply with said attendance must carry out specific additional work indicated by the teacher.
Compulsory examination of a theoretical-practical nature of all the contents of the program, in which it will be a necessary condition to obtain a grade higher than 4.0.
Presentation and defense of a paper that summarizes the participation in the practical sessions, which must obtain a minimum grade of 5.0.
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.
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 powers will be:
Attendance at theoretical and practical sessions (10%).
Oral or written tests (45%): competences evaluated CG1, CG4, CB7, CB8, CB9, CT1, CT3, CT10, CT12, CE5, CE7.
Development of exercises (25%): competences evaluated CG5, CG7, CB6, CB7, CB8, CB9, CB10, CT2, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CT9, CT10, CT11, CT12, CE5, CE7.
Practical work and portfolio (20%): competences evaluated CG5, CG7, CB6, CB7, CB8, CB9, CB10, CT2, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CT9, CT10, CT11, CT12, CE5, CE7.

The students will dedicate a total of 45 hours of personal work, which will be divided between reading and preparing topics (20 hours), carrying out exercises (4 hours), preparing prior to the practices and subsequent work about them (5 hours), the preparation of course work (10 hours) and the preparation of evaluation tests (6 hours).

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.

Subject in extinction for the academic year 2024/25, without teaching but with the right to evaluation using the specified system for repeating students