Area Management and Conservation

NAF2005

In this subject, you will gain a solid understanding of the process involved in the development of municipal land-use plans, encompassing both the planning aspects and the cartographic aspects of the process.

The subject emphasizes how laws and regulations should be applied to ensure a good planning process and produce a finalized land-use plan that adheres to relevant provisions. It also explores how public participation can help bring out different perspectives and interests in the planning process. The teaching is structured as a project where, in group work, you will develop a regulatory plan. This project includes elements such as fieldwork, impact analysis, risk and vulnerability assessment, GIS and cartographic work, plan description, and presentation.

The subject is reserved for students of the following study programmes:

Nature Management, Bachelor's Programme

Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor. 

GEO2011 Geographic Information Handling 1 or equivalent.

After completing the course, the student will have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

have insight into land-use planning history and theory
explain how processes within municipal land-use planning are carried out
describe how laws, regulations, standards, and specifications related to land-use planning should be applied in various contexts

Skills:

conduct fieldwork and data collection in connection with regulatory planning
use GIS tools to prepare base materials for impact assessments
use GIS tools to develop regulatory and municipal land-use plans

General competence:

evaluate ethical aspects in the planning process and in planning documents
exchange viewpoints and experiences with others

Paid semester fee and syllabus literature. It is also required that students have a laptop at their disposal.

Compulsory

The teaching is conducted as gatherings with concentrated instruction during selected weeks. Between these gatherings, students work on assignments. The instruction during the gatherings alternates between lectures, practical exercises on the computer, and practical fieldwork outdoors.

Evaluated annually by students through course surveys. These evaluations are included in the university’s quality assurance system.

Compound assessment

Compulsory participation - fieldwork. Approved/ Not approved.
Assessment task - 2 submissions. Approved/ Not approved.
Written school examination, 5 hours. Grading scale A-F. 100/100

The compulsory participation and the assessment task must be passed in order to attend the written school examination.

Only aids awarded on the exam are allowed to be used and pen, ruler and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries.

Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.

Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:

NAT340 - Area Management and Conservation (GIS) - 15 credits

NAF2000 - Area Management and Conservation (GIS) - 15 credits

GEO2008 - Area Management and Conservation - 10 credits

Course language

BOKMÅL

Credits

7.5

Steinkjer

Responsible faculty

Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture

Course coordinator

Information about the course coordinator for the selected semester is no longer available. Please contact the current course coordinator.