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| ARSL1946-1 | The basics of environmental assessment
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| Duration : | 26h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Roger Hagelstein |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | Emergence of the concept of environmental evaluation in territorial projects
- The environment as a challenge for sustainable development
- Evolution of the concept of project evaluation
- Legal definitions on the European, federal and regional levels in the decision-making process
- Distinction between environmental assessment and environmental impact assessment
- Decretal procedures and the main actors involved
Approaches to project evaluation (including participative practices)
Evaluation methods and tools in town planning and land development
- Approaches to the physical environment, tools, contingency analyses and impact assessments
- Approaches to the natural environment, tools, contingency analyses and impact assessments
- Approaches to the social environment
- Landscapes, analytical tools, contingency studies and impact assessments
- Other problems: rejections, noise, health, heritage
Basic concepts and applying studies to practical cases
- Natural resources and ecological networks
- Mobility and transport
- Landscapes
Specific questions posed by the participants |
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| Course objective : | To learn how to integrate an evaluative step into the role of the architect, in the wider context of land development and town planning, with a view to respecting the built and non-built environment.
Using concrete examples (plans for industrial installations, infrastructures, housing estates, local development plans), this involves showing how the architect interacts with abiotic, biotic and social environments alongside other actors. The course aims to provide the tools required to evaluate and, where necessary, correct events which have a negative effect upon the environment.
Through an introduction to research evaluation and practice, to encourage interest in the professions of town planning and land development. |
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| Prerequisites : | None. |
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| Organization : | Teaching takes place through short theoretical presentations, presentations of case studies (typical situations, diagrams, plans, rules, operational developments) and contributions from participants (short presentations on a theme chosen by the student on the basis of library research). Presentations will be adapted to the priorities expressed by the students. |
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| Written notes : | The syllabus will reproduce the texts and illustrations presented during class.
Cf. bibliography given in the syllabus. |
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| Assessment : | Assessment of the individual presentations carried out during class.
Oral exam, possibly open book. |
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