Duration
30h Th, 30h Pr, 3d FW
Number of credits
| Master in geography : general (120 ECTS) | 6 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
1) Diversity of approaches of the landscape by scientists and politics
2) Material landscape, Structural landscape, Scenery landscape
3) Visibility, stability, conformity and integrity
4) The Landscape ecology
5) The European Landscape Convetion
6) The Landscape management
7) The Ordinary landscape
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
1) Command of the diverse approaches of the landscape 2) Criticize landscape analysis and landscape planning 3) Work in group to apply the skills and knowledges resulting of the geography curriculum
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
-Statistics, spatial analysis, remote sensing, GIS and regional geography literacy - Basic knowledge in botany, in pedology, in geomorphology, in economy, in social sciences and in rural geography -Basic geographical vocabulary -Maps and aerial photograph analysis - Good physical condition (field works) -English
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Exercises and fieldworks allow to implement (mainly on field) diverse landscape analysis methods.
On collective work based on a geosystem aims to lead an analysis from the conceptualization and the design to the application of severals methods and the discussion of results.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Lectures and exercises take place during the first quarter. The most important part of the training will be the collective analysis of a geosystem. Practicals are also organised and require the use of GIS.
Recommended or required readings
BROSSARD T., WIEBER J.C., 1984 "Le paysage, trois définitions, un mode d'analyse et de cartographie, L'Espace géographique, 13/1 : 5-12. BUREL F., BAUDRY J., 2006. "Ecologie du paysage, concepts, méthodes et applications, Paris: Lavoisier, 356 p. Council of Europe, 2000. European Landscape Convention, Florence : Council of Europe, 20 X 2000. NEURAY G., 2004 "Des paysages. Pour qui? Pour Quoi? Comment?", Gembloux : Presses agronomiques de Gembloux, 590 p. SCHMITZ S., 2004 "Le paysage invisible" dans Daniel Puech et Anne Honegger, "L'évaluation du paysage : une utopie nécessaire?", Montpellier: Publications de l'Université Paul Valéry, 27-33 SCHMITZ S., 2005 "Introduction au paysage ordinaire"dans "Territoire, Urbanisation et paysages",4ème Rencontre de la CPDT, Namur, 116-117. VAN HECKE E., ANTROP M., SCHMITZ S., VAN EETVELDE V., SEVENANT M., 2010. Atlas de Belgique, Paysages, monde rural et agriculture, Gent: Academia Press, 74 p.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exercises and Fieldworks (50%)
Oral exam (50%)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Serge Schmitz
Université de Liège - Institut de Géographie - Sart Tilman - Bât. B11 - Bureau 1/21 -
Phone : 04/366.56.29 - - E-mail : S.Schmitz@uliege.be
Laurent Bruckmann
Université de Liège - Institut de Géographie - Sart Tilman - Bât. B11 - Bureau 1/44 -
E-mail : Laurent.Bruckmann@uliege.be