LM220 - PART "Landscape planning in the context of spatial planning"
Seminar (part of LM220, 4 SWS, 5cp), offered in summer and winter semester
In the summer semester 2026
the seminar series Landscape Planning in the Context of Spatial Planning will take place on Tuesdays at 09:20 and 12:40 in BZW/B/101 . The course starts on April 14, 2026. Please refer to the schedule below for more information.
Course content
Spatial planning should be understood beyond the classic understanding of overall spatial planning as an approach to sustainable development. In addition to formal instruments and methods, informal instruments and methods are also discussed. The aim is to achieve a confident and creative use of planning tools.
Topics are
- Spatial planning plans and the associated landscape planning instruments,
- urban land-use planning and the associated landscape planning instruments,
- the environmental assessment at the level of preparatory and binding urban land-use planning,
- intervention regulation in building law, eco-accounts and land pools,
- balancing and evaluation methods,
- informal planning approaches,
- participation and social science methods in landscape planning and
- a range of current topics.
Teacher
© Sven Ellger
wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
NameMs Caroline Zein M. Sc.
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Performance requirement
Performance requirement: Participation in the exercises as well as pitch and moderation performance on selected topic with written elaboration on it
Schedule
The following table provides an overview of the dates and content of the course series. A more detailed schedule with dates for exercises and presentations as well as study materials and current information can be found in the OPAL course for this course. Registration for this course is possible until April 6, 2026, 11 p.m. - then the groups will be assigned
| Date | Course content |
|---|---|
| April 14, 2026 | The planning system in Germany |
| April 21, 2026 | The interaction of plan and audit instruments |
| April 28, 2026 | Planning instruments at state, regional and district level |
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May 5, 2026 |
Plans at overall municipal level |
| May 12, 2026 | Binding urban land-use planning |
| June 2, 2026 | What can green planning do? |
| June 9, 2026 | Overview of environmental assessment in urban land use planning |
| June 16, 2026 | "Repair tool" impact regulation |
| June 23, 2026 | Species protection - all one? |
| June 30, 2026 | The "product" of the environmental assessment |
| July 7, 2026 | Landscape education |
| July 14, 2026 | Audit preparation |
| July 21, 26 | Buffer |