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. Application deadline for the whole master's program: April 15th for EU/EEA citizens and February 15th for citizens outside of the EU/EEA Application deadline for only this course: please contact Martha Lilja Marthensdóttir Olsen (marthalilja@uwestfjords.is) |