Content (Syllabus outline)

Definitions and concepts of cultural landscape. European landscape convention; protection, management and planning of landscapes. Systems of landscape typology: landscape units – regionalization, landscape pattern, typological analysis of the landscapes. Landscape change, use of scenarios for forecasting and management of change. Definition of landscape protection and management objectives. Development of landscape protection concepts. Designation of protected areas. Definition of protection and management measures. Sectoral and planning measures.

Prerequisites

Exams in basic natural science subjects: botany, geology and soil science, physical geography, land surveying with cartography, ecology, fitocenology, landscape evaluation