2022-2023 / GEOG0664-1

Land use planning and mobility

Duration

15h Th, 15h Pr, 2d FW

Number of credits

 Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS)4 crédits 
 Master in environmental science and management (60 ECTS)4 crédits 
 Specialised master in sustainable energy management3 crédits 

Lecturer

Christophe Breuer, Jean-Marie Halleux

Coordinator

Jean-Marie Halleux

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Course contents
The theoretical course is made of 5 chapters:

  • What is spatial planning?
  • Spatial planning and the related disciplines
  • Spatial planning and environment
  • The context of spatial planning in Wallonia
  • The spatial planning devices in Wallonia

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Provide theoretical and practical knowledges about spatial planning devices and practices.
Those knowledges have three main purposes:
- to allow students to reframe issues and political debates in the field of spatial planning and mobility;
- to prepare students to intervene in the fields of territorial developments and spatial planning (local developments interventions, urban planning interventions, management of European projects...);
- to identify the territorial consequences of territorial policies and land use planning.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

An open attitude towards social and economic problems.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical lectures

Regular classroom illustrated by concrete cases

 

Practical lessons and fieldworks

- Use of spatial information visualization tools (mapping, landscaping tools)

- Analysis of documents produced in the context of spatial planning, mobility and urban design projects

- Identification of morphological and territorial elements on the basis of satellite images.

- Preparation of the oral presentations for the fieldworks;

- Meetings with experts.

- Fieldwork and visits, flipped classroom.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

- 15 hours of theoretical lectures;
- 12 hours of practical lessons (face-to-face);
- 3 hours of tutoring (distance-learning);
- 2 days of fieldworks.

Recommended or required readings

Detailed slideshows, bibliography, technical notes and scientific articles available via MyULiège.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )


Additional information:

First session

 

Written exam (75%)

Open questions related to the theoretical courses (50%) and to the fieldworks (25%)

Individual evaluation.

 

Practical work (25%)

Evaluation of the oral presentation made during the fieldworks on the basis of concepts developed in the theoretical course (50%);

The evaluation criteria are specified during the first practical course session.

 

An unjustified absence during fieldworks results in a score of 0/20 for the entire teaching unit.

 

 

Second session

 

Written exam (75%)

Open questions related to the theoretical courses (50%) and to the fieldworks (50%)

Individual evaluation.

 

Depending on the results of the first session, partial exemptions may be granted.

 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Attendance at the practical course sessions is mandatory, any absence must be justified prior to the concerned session.

Contacts

Prof. Jean-Marie Halleux tél. : 04/366 53 27 e-mail : Jean-Marie.Halleux@uliege.be
Dr Christophe Breuer tél. : 04/366 51 80 e-mail : christophe.breuer@uliege.be

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