This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
The aim of this module is to explore, assess and apply critical concepts and approaches to the sustainable planning of landscapes. Drawing on recent developments in the geography, conservation and environmental planning literatures, the module introduces students to key ideas intersecting with policy and practice agendas and initiatives for landscape, including natural capital, ecosystem services, environmental economics and participatory environmental management. Alongside critical reflection on the underlying assumptions that guide these developments, the module places students in real-world scenarios in which they must design and shape plans for rural and urban landscapes.
Private Study: 128
Contact Hours: 22
Total: 150
Compulsory for:
BSc Human Geography
Optional for:
BSc Wildlife Conservation,
BA Environmental Social Sciences
BSc Anthropology
Group Presentation and Poster (10 minutes plus supporting documentation) 25%
Group Presentation and Report (1000 words) (10 minutes plus supporting documentation) 25%
Individual Report (2,500 words) - 50%.
Reassessment methods
100% coursework (4000 words)
The University is committed to ensuring that core reading materials are in accessible electronic format in line with the Kent Inclusive Practices.
The most up to date reading list for each module can be found on the university's reading list pages.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Understand the relationship between society and nature from the starting point of social-ecological systems research in general and sustainable landscape planning in particular
2 Understand how approaches to sustainable landscape planning relate to wider developments in environmentalism, environmental policy and integrated approaches to natural resource management
3 Critically assess the guiding purpose of scientific and policy agendas for sustainable landscape planning.
4 Evaluate the roles of market, states and civil society action in promoting sustainable use of environmental assets in urban and rural contexts for decision making.
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