Spatial Planning and Regional Development


COURSE OUTLINE

 

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL ACTICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT FORESTRY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7th
COURSE CODE DSZE11 SEMESTER Winter/7th
COURSE TITLE SpatiAL PLANNING AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits
TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
3 2
 
 
Add additional lines if needed. The tutorial system and methods that are used are described in detail in section 4.
COURSE TYPE Scientifical area
PREREQUISITES: NO
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK

 

COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: NO
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE02235/

 

  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes of the course are described, the specific knowledge, skills and abilities of an appropriate level that students will acquire after the successful completion of the course

Consult Appendix A

Description of Tutorial Results Level for every study round according to the Qualification Context of the European Highest Education Area
Descriptive Indexes of 6th, 7th and 8th Level of the European Qualification Context of Lifelong Learning and Appendix B
Summary Guide for Writing Learning Outcomes

 

 

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the concept of spatial planning, regional development and regional planning and to deepen in the preparation of spatial plans, methods and techniques of regional analysis and in the evaluation of regional and development programs

 

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

 

Understand the concepts of spatial planning, spatial development and regional development
They use the available technology to gather data on spatial and regional development, process it, analyze it and draw conclusions for the exercise of spatial and regional policy
They have understood and appreciated the importance of regional development in the balanced development of a country
Combine their knowledge and examine the possibilities of mitigating regional disparities, so that there is a balanced development of a country
Analyze spatial plans
Draw up spatial plans
Draw up regional and development programs

 

 

General Skills
Taking into account the general skills that the graduate must have acquired (as listed in the Diploma Supplement and listed below), which of the following is the course intended for;

 

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Team work

Work in an international environment

Work in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Respecting diversification and multiculturalism

Respecting natural environment

Demostration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity in gender issues

Critisism and self – criticism practice

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

 

 

   
 

Autonomous Work
Team Work
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
Decision making
Working in an international environment
Production of new research ideas
Respecting natural environment
Criticism and self – criticism practice

 

 

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
 

1. Basic concepts and historical evolution of land uses. Organization and analysis of space
2. Space categories (urban-rural or suburban, structured-unstructured)
3. General about design. The space design process. Design forms. Evaluation in space planning
4. Dimensions of spatial planning. Adjustment strategies. Spatial dimension of development
5. Location of productive activities
6. Methodology and specifications for the preparation of spatial programs and plans. Regional and Special Frameworks for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development.
7. Rural and mountainous area. The development of mountainous and disadvantaged areas in the European and international context
8. The concept of region and the regionalization of space. Regional problem and regional context
9. Theories of location and regional development. Definitions, content, planning and growth indicators. Regional inequalities
10. Regional development strategies. Methods and techniques of regional analysis
11. Planning, implementation and evaluation of regional and development programs
12. The role of natural resources in spatial and regional development
13. The modern institutional framework of spatial and regional development in Greece and internationally

 

 

Week     Thematic Lab Unit / Teaching Exercises

 

 

1. Basic concepts and historical evolution of land uses. Organization of space
2. Space categories (urban-rural or suburban, structured-unstructured)
3. Spatial analysis methods
4. Dimensions of spatial design. Adjustment strategies. Spatial dimension of development
5. Location of productive activities
6. Methodology and specifications for the preparation of spatial programs and plans
7. Regional and Special Frameworks for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development
8. Rural and mountainous areas
9. Region and the regionalization of space. Regional problem and regional context
10. Theories of location and regional development. Growth indicators. Regional inequalities
11. Regional development strategies. Methods and techniques of regional analysis
12. Design, implementation and evaluation of regional and development programs
13. Case studies

 

 

 

  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS – EVALUATION
LECTURE METHOD
B2B, Distance learning
Face to face, in classroom
ICT METHODS
ICT methods in teaching, in lab education, in communication with students
ICT use in education and in communication with students. Educational procedure support using e – class platform
Organization of tuition

Analytical description of the educational way and methods. Περιγράφονται αναλυτικά ο τρόπος και μέθοδοι διδασκαλίας.

Lectures, seminars, lab exercises, field exercises, bibliographic study and analysis, tuition, fieldwork, clinical exercises, artistic workshop, interactive tuition, educational tours, projects.

 

Record the study hours of the student for every educational activity as well as the study hours of non – supportive study in order that the total semester workload be equal to the ECTS standards

Activity Semester workload
Lectures 26
Practice exercises with application of methodologies in individual topics 13
Bibliography study and analysis 4
Individual or team project elaboration 7
Total 50
STUDENT EVALUATION

Description of the evaluation procedure

 

Evaluation language, evaluation methods, Configurative or a priori, multiple choice questions, questions of short answers, questions with essays as answers, solving problems, projects, reports, oral exams, public presentation, lab exercises, etc

 

Assigned evaluation criteria are referred and if and where are accessible by the students

 

1. Final written examination (80%)

α) Questions with short answers (4)

β) Questions with essays as answers (2)

γ) Solving problems (2)

2. Individual or team projects (20%)

Students having ascertained dyslexia problems are examined with oral methods.

Students have access to his/her essay at any time

 

 

  1. RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
-Recommended bibliography :

 

  • Kamchis M. 2007. The unification of the European area 1986 – 2006. Kritiki editions. Athens.
  • Giaoutzi M., Stratigea A. 2011. Spatial planning. Kritiki editions. Athens.
  • Vasenchoven L., Sapountzaki K., Gianniris E., Asprogerakas V., Pagonis A. 2010. Spatial governance. Kritiki editions. Athens.
  • Ladias Ch. 2013. The modern institutional framework of regional development in Greece. Papazisi editions. Athens.
  • Ladias Ch. 2015. European regions today. Papazisi editions. Athens.
  • Polyzos S. 2018. Regional development. Kritiki editions. Athens.

-Related scientific journals:

 

Land Use Policy, Journal of Environmental Management, Spatial Economic Analysis,  Regional Studies,  Urban and Regional Economics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Garyfallos Arabatzis – Spyros Galatsidas
Contact details: garamp@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) No
Evaluation methods: (2) Written assignment  and oral examination

 

Implementation Instructions: (3) The examinations will be carried out according to the examination program that will be announced by the secretariat of the Department

The examination in the course will be carried out by a) delivery of written assignment (80% of the total score) and b) oral by remote examination via Microsoft Teams (20% of the total score). The oral examination in the course will be carried out in groups of 5 people (lasting half an hour per group) according to the Number of Educational Record appear in the attached list (examination program)

The link of the Microsoft Teams meeting will be sent to students via e-class, exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and are aware of the terms of distance education

Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account, otherwise they will not be able to participate. They will also take part in the examination using their webcamera which they will have open during the examination. Before starting the exam, students will show their identity to the webcamera, so that they can be identified

Each student must answer in 4 questions

The score for 1 correct answer in above questions is 0.75 points

 

  • To be completed with YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

α) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submitting them to the teacher, the grading system, the participation of the assignment in the final grade and every other detail that should be mentioned.

β) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

γ) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for assigning the topics, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination.