UST 653 - Ecological Landscape Planning and Management

[4 credit(s)]

This course focuses on planning and management concepts and techniques to protect and restore ecological systems. The course explores value systems, law, science and public planning processes and management techniques as these shape the landscape and natural resource systems. The course emphasizes regional and landscape scale. Topics covered include land-use change and ecological impacts, watershed management, Great Lakes ecosystems, regional open space and habitat preservation, climate change, and natural resource preservation/utilization. The course provides an opportunity to apply techniques such as suitability analysis, resilience assessment, GIS mapping, risk assessment, environmental impact assessment or other technique through an individual or group project.

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