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Landscape Planning and Heritage
Postgraduate | CUR-URP630 | 2019
Course information for 2019 intake
Review the evolution of how city and rural landscapes are valued in western societies. Coach yourself to identify heritage qualities.Foster an appreciation for heritage protection and landscape provision's place inside planning practice.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Landscape Planning and Heritage
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explain the evolution of landscape elements within western towns and cities
- explain the concept of heritage within its cultural context
- interpret the institutional setting within which planning decisions are made that impact upon landscape provision and heritage protection
- critically assess landscape and heritage quality
- present clear arguments in assessing landscape and heritage quality.
- Introduction to Heritage
- The Private Garden
- Inhabiting Landscapes
- Heritage Regulations and Guidelines
- Heritage Regulations and Legislation
- Heritage Interpretation
- Cultural Landscape
- Country in the Town
- Landscape and active recreation
- Landscape and passive recreation
- Planning for Local Open Space (LOS)
- Memorialising the Landscape
- Indigenous Heritage
- Pastoral Heritage
- Regional Landscape Settings
Examines the landscape and heritage character of urban areas. The role of urban and regional planning in heritage protection and landscape provision, including the evaluation of landscape and heritage quality.
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- Presentation and Report (25%)
- Activities (35%)
- Major Project (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Access to hardware: camera, webcam, speakers and microphone
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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