Duration
18h Th, 6h AUTR
Number of credits
| Master in landscape architect (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is an introduction in participative management. His goal is to give an outline of the various levels of participation and a critical analysis of this practice.
1. Theoricals aspects of participative management
2.Tools of participation
3. Participation in tropical natural ecosystems
3.1. Social and community forestry
3.2. Peripherics areas of reserves and social dynamics
4. Participation in temperate natural or semi-natural ecosystems
4.1. Citizen-based approachs
4.2. Rivers contracts
4.3. Collectives approchs in urban management
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Starting with lectures by experts in natural ecosystems management, films of reviewing articles that express opposite opinions, and field excursions, management methods based on participation are presented to the students. After completing the course the student is expected to propose methods that reconcile social, ecological and economic aspect for a participatory sustainable management of tropical and temperate ecosystems.He will be also capable to developp critical mind about participation and to give the level of participation in study cases.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prérequis :
General course from bach : Biosphère, agriculture, society; Sociology; Forest and forest ecosystems; Equipe, organisation et changement; General ecology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Passive learning : lectures
Active learning : Working group, question and answer session
Works in groups linked with "atelier-projet".
Field excursion: interactive excursion : The students are responsible for the contents of the excursion
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Lectures : 9h
Seminars : 6h
Excursion : 6h
Practical exercices : 2h
Recommended or required readings
During the course, different publications in french or english are distributed among the students.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination (100%)
Questions of different nature (multiple choice, restitution, conception...)
The course is independent of any teaching unit and must be successful for itself.
Depending on the number of successes, the second session provides either an identical evaluation or work on a case study
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Links with the Atelier-project Q7
ATTENTION : The presence in excursion and practical exercices is compulsory
Contacts
The modalities of contact will be defined in the first course. To join the secretarial department: fortrop.gembloux@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Same as January 2020
Assessment methods
The assessment will be based on a homework assignment. This will include a case study (scientific publication on participation in the broad sense) to be find, read and understood, then analysed according to a grid of questions provided by the teacher. Learners can refer to the course to answer the different questions. The evaluation will be based on the quality of the answers and the understanding of the questions asked, which implies a prior understanding of the course. The work will be sent by email (cvermeulen@uliege.be) to the course holder no later than the day of the exam. The file sent will be named name_firstname_examenGP2020.
Contacts
cvermeulen@uliege.be