Green infrastructure planning and coastal zone management
Code
10385
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
3.0
Teacher in charge
José Carlos Ribeiro Ferreira
Weekly hours
3
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
The subject as a discipline of Green Infrastructure Planning and Coastal Management aims at providing the student with the concepts, the techniques, the methods and the strategies that articulate the human activities and the environment.
It is grounded on the objective of providing the student with the ability to analyze and understand the dynamics, structure and functioning of the environment and landscape, giving students the latest and most innovative techniques in environmental planning with an emphasis on green infrastructure planning and its contribution towards a model of more sustainable land territories under pressure as is the case of territories or very artificialized coastal areas.
Finally, it aims to complete the training of future professionals in order to integrate and coordinate interdisciplinary teams that develop activities in the area of environmental and spatial planning. These future professionals must lead the change towards more sustainable practices of coastal urban areas.
Prerequisites
not applied
Subject matter
The Green Infrastructure (GI): introduction to environmental planning and management of territories under pressure. The concepts (green infrastructure, green corridor, greenways, ecological structure, urban green spaces , bike paths,...).Understanding the importance of the Green Infrastructure services provided, particularly economic, social and ecological services. Planning and management of GI at different scales.
Management of territorial resources and integration in the green infrastructure: the resources sustainable planning, carrying capacity and resiliency. Analysis of potential resources from the perspective of multiple uses and coexist activities in the same territory. Planning methodologies based on " Ecosystem -based Management" Potential for integration into the GI .
Coastal Zone Management: introduction to coastal zone management. The different models of coastal land use and their impacts in costal ecosystems. Management of ecologically sensitive areas and vulnerable to many environmental and technological risks. Management of coastal ecosystems and coastal communities resilience.
Identification, valuation and management of coastal resources and activities associated with emphasis on tourism. The GI and the Beaches management, the coastal tourism sustainable planning and the management of urban coastal fronts.
Bibliography
AHERN, J. (2002) Greenways as Strategic Landscape Planning: theory and application. Wageningen University.
BENEDICT, M; McMAHOEN, E (2006) - Green Infrastructure. Linking Landscapes and Communities, Island Press.
FERREIRA, J. C. et al (2004) Coastal Greenways: Interdisciplinarity and Integration Challenges for the Management of Developed Coastal Areas. Journal of Coastal Research, ISSN 0749-0208.
HONACHEFSKY, W. (1999), Ecologically based municipal land use planning, Lewis Publishers, 256p.
MEL, I. (2012 ) - Green Infrastructure: concepts, perceptions and its use in planning: Developing Green Infrastructure planning in the UK, Europe and North America, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 560p.
SANDSTRON, U. ( 2008) - Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure in Urban Landscapes: The Importance of Urban Green Spaces, VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K., 52p.
SARTE, S ( 2010) - Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design, John Wiley & Sons, 384p.