After successful completion of the course, students are able to reproduce and understand the basic concepts of natural spatial conditions that are relevant to spatial planning topics and issues. They have a basic knowledge, which is supplemented with applied expert knowledge and taught in an application-orientated manner as part of the lecture.
Building on this, after completing the lecture students will be able to establish the connections to spatial planning as well as current topics relating to the natural environment. In addition, students will gain insights into the legal situation regarding the protection, conservation and development of the natural environment, which form the basis of spatial planning activities. The basic knowledge and tools are built up by linking content-related topics with the instruments of spatial planning. This also involves critical reflection on the practical application of the available planning instruments in order to present different perspectives, approaches, strengths and weaknesses.
This prepares students for practical requirements of their (first) work experience as spatial planners. Moreover, the course provides the students a basic planning knowledge for following courses (e.g. lecture on landscape and environmental planning, spatial planning design - project 1, spatial development planning - project 2).
Kick-off: Monday, 04.03.2024, 09:00 am, lecture hall 6
Further information and documents during the semester can be found in the TUWEL course
If you have any organisational questions, you can contact Bianca Pfanner by email: bianca.pfanner@tuwien.ac.at or landscape@tuwien.ac.at
In the lecture, students acquire knowledge of the relevant natural conditions for spatial planning. This acquired knowledge relates to the protected goods of the natural area:
- Rock, geology, soil and land
- Water bodies and rivers
- Ice, glaciers and snow
- Climate, urban climatology and settlement ecology
- Humans, fauna, flora, biotopes and connectivity
- Landscape and scenery
- Cultural and material assets
The individual protected goods, which define independent subject areas from a sectoral perspective, are always placed in a spatial planning context in order to convey the content from an application-orientated and practical perspective. In this way, the protected natural assets are always placed in relation to the various spatial uses, utilisation requirements and scope for action.
Lecture mode, students have the opportunity and task of active participation (possibility of content-related questions and discussions).
The lecture is held in presence (if necessary, lectures are held via Zoom).
