Planning of Coastal and Marine Regions

Planning of Coastal and Marine Regions

 

6 ECTS

 

The course will discuss the need for incorporating coastal and marine issues in land use strategies. Different land-use planning strategies and models at different geographical scales will be explored and discussed. The class will participate in a simulated planning process set up by the instructor where complicated management issues that involve conflicts between resource users will be solved. Other planning techniques introduced in the course include: Land suitability analysis, consensus based planning and methods to design and implement land use planning processes.