Academic Year/course:
2023/24
546 - Master in Agricultural Engineering
60563 - Agricultural land-use planning and management
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
60563 - Agricultural land-use planning and management
Faculty / School:
201 - Escuela Politécnica Superior
Degree:
546 - Master in Agricultural Engineering
ECTS:
4.5
Year:
1
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
The main objective of this subject is to train the student to be able to interpret any type of project that involves or affects land management, and to be able to draft the compensatory measures that allow the execution of the project using the documents presented as a basis. This entails learning how to economically value these measures as well as how to schedule them regarding time and cost.
These approaches and objectives are aligned with the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda:
Goal 11. Making Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable
Goal 15. Sustainably Manage Forests, Combat Desertification, Halt and Reverse Land Degradation and Halt Biodiversity Loss.
and, in particular, with the objectives:
11.a. Support positive economic, social and environmental linkages between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning.
15.1. By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and the services they provide, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements
15.2. By 2020, promote sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and increase afforestation and reforestation worldwide.
15.3. By 2030, fight desertification, rehabilitate degraded land and soils, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive for a land degradation-neutral world.
15.4. By 2030, ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to provide essential benefits for sustainable development
15.5. Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biological diversity and, by 2020, protect threatened species and prevent their extinction
15.9. By 2020, integrate ecosystem values and biodiversity into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounting.
2. Learning results
Upon completion of this subject, the student will be able to:
1.- Develop territorial land use planning, and management. To this end, the following partial learning results will be achieved:
2. Describe the different documents that make up a project for which one of the objectives is the impact on land use planning, know their content and know how to interpret them correctly.
3. Use with sufficient dexterity the computer tools for the drafting, planning and programming of management and territorial planning and budgeting projects.
4. Draft land-use planning studies based on a classic project, as well as weighing the compensatory measures of the project and monitoring their implementation.
These learning results are aligned with SDG 15 and Objective 11.a of SDG 11.
3. Syllabus
Topic 1. Conceptual and legal bases of spatial planning Topic 2. Analysis and diagnosis of the agricultural territory.
Topic 3. Physical-natural and socio-economic-population factors. Topic 4. Terminology and methodologies in land use planning.
Topic 5. Land consolidation projects and land use. Topic 6. Land consolidation methodology.
Topic 7. Irrigation projects and their impact on land use planning. Topic 8. Integration of projects in the territory and landscape.
Topic 9. Territorial planning projects in relation to the environment. Typologies of protected natural areas.
Topic 10. Renewable energy projects and their impact on land and population planning.
Topic 11. The agroindustry sector and land use planning.
Topic 12. Urban legislation, urban planning and rural planning.
Topic 13. Landscape integration techniques in the development and management of projects. Topic 14. Methodological bases for the integration of projects in the territory.
Topic 15. Economic appraisals of environmental and land use planning actions
4. Academic activities
The program offered to the student to help them achieve the expected results includes the following activities:
1. Theoretical expository classes will consist of lectures, encouraging student participation. Its purpose is to transmit the notions of the subject in a clear, systematic and synthetic way. The aim is to awaken interest in the subject and motivate the student in their individual study and to turn the master class into an space for dialogue and not only for presentations: questions may be asked, doubts may be solved, discussed and debated.
2. Solving of problems and real cases, on which the student will work throughout the subject.
3. Production of works.
4. Autonomous work of the student. Non-attendance activities: to be carried out by the student with full time freedom to solve exercises proposed during the theory and practical sessions.
5. Assessment tests.
In relation to Agenda 2030, both the theoretical agenda addressed and the problems and work to be carried out by the student in this subject are closely related to SDG 15, by promoting sustainable land management (with implications for SDGs 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12, as explained inhttps://ec.europa.eu/environment/soil/pdf/SDG_Land_BrochureSept2030_ES_v3.pdf.
5. Assessment system
The assessment system of the subject will be a global final test.
The overall final exam will be similar in the two official calls of the academic year and the date will be established by the centre in the academic calendar.
The overall final test will consist of two different activities:
Activity 1 (A1). Written exam of the theoretical part of the subject. The contents group together knowledge acquired in a complementary manner through classroom lectures and work done by students under the supervision of the teacher. This written test will be evaluated from 0 to 10 points and will be worth 50% of the final grade of the subject.
Activity 2 (A2). Work presented by the students and carried out in groups of 2 students. The contents of such work will be specified during the academic year. The work will be presented in writing and by means of an oral presentation before the teachers of the subject. This activity will be evaluated from 0 to 10 points and will be worth 50% of the final grade of the subject. This activity may be carried out and evaluated during the academic year on the dates set by the teacher. However, the student has the right, regardless of the result of these tests, to be re-evaluated for this activity on the date of the final global test.
In each call. the student will undergo assessment for 100% of the subject (assessment activities 1 and 2).
During the same academic year, in the event that the student has obtained a grade higher or equal to 5 in the first exam in any of the two assessment activities (written exam or work), and the final grade of the subject has been "failed", the student may keep the part they has passed for the second call without having to take the exam of that activity. This does not apply to different academic years.
Rating
A1 = activity 1 = written exam. A2 = activity 2 = work.
The final grade of the subject (CF) will be determined by the following weighting:
CF = 0,5 Grade A1 + 0,5 Grade A2
In order to pass (CF→5) it is essential to obtain a grade higher than or equal to 4 in each of the activities: Grade A1→ 4.0; Grade A2→ 4.0.
In the event that the minimum grade for any of the two evaluation activities does not exceed the minimum required, the final grade will be obtained as follows:
If CF → 4, the final grade will be: Fail (4.0)
If CF < 4, the final grade will be: Fail (CF)
Assessment criteria
The following criteria will be considered:
Activity 1:
- The concision and accuracy of the answers.
- The accuracy, if any, of the numerical results. The order and clarity of the answers.
- Spelling mistakes.
- The absence of explanations and justifications.
Activity 2:
- Technical quality of the work: correct justification of its contents. Structure, layout; order; pleasant writing; bibliographical references. No plagiarism.
- Oral presentation: ability to transmit information and ability to respond to the questions posed.
In relation to Agenda 2030, students' acquisition of competencies related to SDGs 11 and 15 will be assessed in the written exam of the theoretical part.
Success rate in previous years
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2019/20
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2030/21
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2021/22
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100%
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100%
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100%
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