1. General information
Course:
LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
Code:
38333
Type:
CORE COURSE
ECTS credits:
6
Degree:
345 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Academic year:
2022-23
Center:
603 - E.T.S. CIVIL ENGINEERS OF CR
Group(s):
20
Year:
4
Duration:
C2
Main language:
Spanish
Second language:
English
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
Y
Lecturer:
MAXIMO FLORIN BELTRAN
- Group(s):
20
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Edificio Politécnico / 2D61
CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA AGROFORESTAL Y GENÉTICA
926295209
maximo.florin@uclm.es
Monday, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Outside these hours, by appointment.
Lecturer:
DAVID SANCHEZ RAMOS
- Group(s):
20
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Politécnico 2-A51
CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA AGROFORESTAL Y GENÉTICA
926052111
david.sanchezramos@uclm.es
2. Pre-Requisites
- Ecology applied to Civil Engineering
- Graphic-Cartographic Expression
- Topography
- Environmental engineering
- Graphic-Cartographic Expression
- Topography
- Environmental engineering
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
It includes competences established by regulations within the Degree in Civil and Territorial Engineering. It is directly related to the subjects of planning, design, project and construction of civil works. Nowadays, the justification of the infrastructures goes through the knowledge of the landscape that welcomes them and the previous evaluation of their environmental viability, obligatory requirements for their construction.
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| CE20 | Students have the capacity to apply methodologies for environmental impact assessments and studies |
| CE32 | Students have knowledge and understanding of ecosystem structure and functioning, landscape and environmental factors. |
| CE33 | Students have the ability to apply ecological and landscape criteria to the practice of the profession of Civil Engineer in general, with special attention to the functions of design, project, construction, operation and monitoring. |
| CE34 | Students reach the understanding of the ecological, environmental and landscape constraints of a technical and legal nature that arise in the construction of a public work, and the ability to use proven methods and technologies, with the aim of achieving the greatest efficiency in construction while respecting the environment. |
| CE35 | Students have the capacity for integrated management and sustainable use of water and energy resources. |
| CE36 | Students have the capacity to carry out studies on spatial planning and on the environmental aspects related to infrastructures. |
| CG02 | Students can use proper oral and written communication |
| TSU04 | Students have knowledge of the impact of infrastructure on spatial planning and have knowledge to participate in the urban development, such as water supply, sanitation, waste management, transportation systems, traffic, lighting, etc. |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| Students can define design criteria for hydraulic and environmental engineering projects from the river basin scale to the aquatic habitat scale, considering temporal variability from daily to interannual, using standardized office, field and laboratory techniques for the diagnosis and physical, chemical and biological analysis of the condition of water bodies (core competencies TSU4 and E4; secondary competencies E1, E2, E3). | |
| Sustainability in the design, development, implementation, operation and monitoring of civil engineering projects, in cooperation with the life support system, through the application of tools for the assessment and analysis of the structure and functioning of ecosystems and the landscape (core competencies E1 and E2; secondary competencies E3 and E5). | |
| Students can define territorial and urban planning criteria and linear infrastructure layout based on the diagnosis, analysis and interpretation of ecosystem sectorization and classification and ecological, environmental, landscape and cultural processes at different scales of space, time and level of organization (main competency E5; secondary competencies E1, E2, E3). | |
| Application of environmental assessment techniques for the design, review and improvement of civil engineering projects and the planning of remedial action, compensation and ecological restoration, and development of innovations, based on the analysis of ecosystem responses to natural and human disturbances and understanding of the ecological effects of civil engineering on ecosystems (core competencies CRC11, E3; secondary competency E5). | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Description | |
| Errata: 122419 Sustainability in the design, development, execution, exploitation and monitoring of civil engineering projects, in cooperation with the landscape processes, through the application of diagnostic tools and analysis of the structure and operation of ecosystems and landscape (main competences E1 and E2, secondary competences E3 and E5). 122420 Application of techniques of environmental evaluation for the conception, review and improvement of civil engineering projects and the planning of corrective measures, compensation and ecological restoration, and the development of innovations, based on the analysis of ecosystem responses to natural and anthropogenic disturbances and the understanding of the ecological effects of civil engineering on ecosystems (competences main CRC11, E3; secondary competence E5). | |
| Current codes of the competences to which the old codes mentioned in the previous section correspond: E1 = CE32 Competence, E2 = Competence CE33, E3 = Competence CE34, E4 = Competence CE35, E5 = Competence CE36, CRC11 = Competence CE20, TSU4 = TSU04 Competence. Errata: 122419 Sustainability in the design, development, execution, exploitation and monitoring of civil engineering projects, in cooperation with the landscape processes, through the application of diagnostic tools and analysis of the structure and operation of ecosystems and landscape (main competences E1 and E2, secondary competences E3 and E5). 122420 Application of techniques of environmental evaluation for the conception, review and improvement of civil engineering projects and the planning of corrective measures, compensation and ecological restoration, and the development of innovations, based on the analysis of ecosystem responses to natural and anthropogenic disturbances and the understanding of the ecological effects of civil engineering on ecosystems (competences main CRC11, E3; secondary competence E5). |
|
6. Units / Contents
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Unit 1: Landscape concepts and approches
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Unit 2: Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment techniques: procedures and application in Civil Engineering
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Unit 3: Landscape reality (relief, ecology, land use, population and history)
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Unit 4: Visual exposition and scenography (factors of visibility, scenographic structures, garden history, design of public spaces)
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Unit 5: Landscape aestethics and meaning (percepction, visual elements, composition, meanings, landscape theories)
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Unit 6: Public works in landscape (lineal infrastructures, hydraulic works, coastal works, bridges, singular buildings)
7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.3 | 7.5 | Y | N | The evaluation will be made from the results of the teacher's questions, cooperative learning, flipped class, etc. The non-compulsory nature of class attendance is recognized in the right to non-continuous evaluation. | |
| Workshops or seminars [ON-SITE] | Workshops and Seminars | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.2 | 5 | Y | Y | It will be evaluated through tutorials. | |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [OFF-SITE] | Workshops and Seminars | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.4 | 10 | Y | Y | It will be evaluated through tutorials. | |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [ON-SITE] | project-based learning | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.26 | 6.5 | Y | Y | ||
| Problem solving and/or case studies [ON-SITE] | Case Studies | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.2 | 5 | Y | Y | ||
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Case Studies | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.4 | 10 | Y | Y | ||
| Project or Topic Presentations [ON-SITE] | project-based learning | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.2 | 5 | Y | Y | ||
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | project-based learning | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 1 | 25 | Y | Y | It will be evaluated through tutorials. | |
| Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.3 | 7.5 | Y | N | ||
| Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE] | Practical or hands-on activities | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.42 | 10.5 | Y | Y | ||
| Group tutoring sessions [ON-SITE] | Group tutoring sessions | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.06 | 1.5 | Y | N | ||
| Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.06 | 1.5 | Y | Y | ||
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | project-based learning | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 1.42 | 35.5 | Y | Y | ||
| Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [OFF-SITE] | Practical or hands-on activities | CE20 CE32 CE33 CE34 CE35 CE36 TSU04 | 0.78 | 19.5 | Y | Y | ||
| Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 2 | Total class time hours: 50 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 4 | Total hours of out of class work: 100 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Fieldwork assessment | 18.00% | 18.00% | |
| Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies | 21.00% | 21.00% | In the "non-continuous evaluation" modality, it will be carried out through concerted tutorships. |
| Theoretical papers assessment | 27.00% | 27.00% | In the "non-continuous evaluation" modality, it will be carried out through concerted tutorships. |
| Practicum and practical activities reports assessment | 21.00% | 21.00% | |
| Oral presentations assessment | 9.00% | 9.00% | In the "non-continuous evaluation" modality, it will be carried out through concerted tutorships. |
| Assessment of activities done in the computer labs | 1.00% | 1.00% | |
| Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies | 1.00% | 1.00% | In the "non-continuous evaluation" modality, it will be carried out through concerted tutorships. |
| Assessment of active participation | 1.00% | 1.00% | In the "non-continuous evaluation" modality, it will be carried out through concerted tutorships. |
| Final test | 1.00% | 1.00% | Eventually, at the request of the students, they will be able to take two progress tests, at the middle and end of the semester, which will score for the average grade according to the student's time of dedication. |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:Numerical final grade from 0 to 10 according to current legislation, rescaling grades obtained by students who have passed to a normal distribution, to cover the proportions and ECTS System categories, namely:
Numerical note Qualification Category ECTS Percentile approved Assessment
5.0 to 5.9 Approved E 1 to 10% Sufficient
6.0 to 6.9 Approved D 11 to 35% Satisfactory
7.0 to 8.9 Remarkable C 36 to 65% Good
9.0 to 10.0 Outstanding B 66 to 90% Very good
10.0 Honor License * A 91 to 100% Excellent
* The number of Honors will be adjusted to the maximum allowed by the regulations.
Unless stated otherwise, continuous evaluation criteria will be applied to all students.
Anyone choosing non-continuous assessment must notify it to the lecturer within the class period of the subject. The option is only available if the student¿s participation in evaluation activities (from the continuous assessment) has not reached 50% of the total evaluation for the subject.
For the retake exam, the assessment type used for the final exam will remain valid.
All training activities will be recoverable by means of a written exam that will allow assessing the acquisition of all the skills in the ordinary call. -
Non-continuous evaluation:Final examination. Students who, having partially or totally followed the academic activities, have passed a delivery, practice, exam, etc., will have the right to examine the entire subject or only the part of the subject that they have not passed, which should be communicated to the lecturer immediately after the publication of the provisional notes. This right will expire with the academic year.
Unless stated otherwise, continuous evaluation criteria will be applied to all students.
Anyone choosing non-continuous assessment must notify it to the lecturer within the class period of the subject. The option is only available if the student¿s participation in evaluation activities (from the continuous assessment) has not reached 50% of the total evaluation for the subject.
For the retake exam, the assessment type used for the final exam will remain valid.
All training activities will be recoverable by means of a written exam that will allow assessing the acquisition of all the skills in the ordinary call.
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
The same as final exam.
Unless stated otherwise, continuous evaluation criteria will be applied to all students.
Anyone choosing non-continuous assessment must notify it to the lecturer within the class period of the subject. The option is only available if the student¿s participation in evaluation activities (from the continuous assessment) has not reached 50% of the total evaluation for the subject.
For the retake exam, the assessment type used for the final exam will remain valid.
All training activities will be recoverable by means of a written exam that will allow assessing the acquisition of all the skills in the extraordinary call.
Unless stated otherwise, continuous evaluation criteria will be applied to all students.
Anyone choosing non-continuous assessment must notify it to the lecturer within the class period of the subject. The option is only available if the student¿s participation in evaluation activities (from the continuous assessment) has not reached 50% of the total evaluation for the subject.
For the retake exam, the assessment type used for the final exam will remain valid.
All training activities will be recoverable by means of a written exam that will allow assessing the acquisition of all the skills in the extraordinary call.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
Extraordinary examination. Students who, having partially or totally followed the academic activities, have passed a delivery, practice, exam, etc., will have the right to examine the entire subject or only the part of the subject that they have not passed, which should be communicated to the lecturer immediately after the publication of the provisional notes. This right will expire with the academic year.
All training activities will be recoverable by means of a written exam that will allow assessing the acquisition of all the skills in the final speciall call.
All training activities will be recoverable by means of a written exam that will allow assessing the acquisition of all the skills in the final speciall call.
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Unit 1 (de 6): Landscape concepts and approches | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 1 |
| Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 1 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Workshops and Seminars] | 2 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Case Studies] | 1 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 2 |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 4 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 1 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 1 |
| Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions] | .2 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .2 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 6 |
| Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Practical or hands-on activities] | 3 |
| Unit 2 (de 6): Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment techniques: procedures and application in Civil Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 1 |
| Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 1 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Workshops and Seminars] | 2 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Case Studies] | 1 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 2 |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 4 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 1 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 2 |
| Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions] | .2 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .2 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 6 |
| Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Practical or hands-on activities] | 3 |
| Unit 3 (de 6): Landscape reality (relief, ecology, land use, population and history) | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 1 |
| Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 1 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Workshops and Seminars] | 2 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Case Studies] | 1 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 2 |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 4 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 1 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 2 |
| Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions] | .2 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .2 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 6 |
| Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Practical or hands-on activities] | 3 |
| Unit 4 (de 6): Visual exposition and scenography (factors of visibility, scenographic structures, garden history, design of public spaces) | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 1 |
| Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 1 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Workshops and Seminars] | 2 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Case Studies] | 1 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 2 |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 4 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 1 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 2 |
| Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions] | .2 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .2 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 6 |
| Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Practical or hands-on activities] | 3 |
| Unit 5 (de 6): Landscape aestethics and meaning (percepction, visual elements, composition, meanings, landscape theories) | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 1 |
| Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 1 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Workshops and Seminars] | 2 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Case Studies] | 1 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 2 |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 4 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 1 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 2 |
| Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions] | .2 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .2 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 6 |
| Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Practical or hands-on activities] | 3 |
| Unit 6 (de 6): Public works in landscape (lineal infrastructures, hydraulic works, coastal works, bridges, singular buildings) | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2.5 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][project-based learning] | 1.5 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 5 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2.5 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 1.5 |
| Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions] | .5 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .5 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][project-based learning] | 5.5 |
| Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Practical or hands-on activities] | 4.5 |
| Global activity | |
|---|---|
| Activities | hours |
10. Bibliography and Sources
