Universität Wien

290013 PR Landscape Analysis (2023S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Further mandatory dates of this course:
17.03.2023 field day (whole day!)

  • Tuesday 14.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2A310 3.OG UZA II
  • Tuesday 21.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2A310 3.OG UZA II
  • Tuesday 28.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2A310 3.OG UZA II
  • Tuesday 18.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2A310 3.OG UZA II
  • Tuesday 09.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2A310 3.OG UZA II
  • Friday 12.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 2A310 3.OG UZA II
  • Tuesday 13.06. 09:45 - 14:00 Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

It is the goal of the course to assess different ecosystem services provided by a nature consevation area (Brunnlust, Moosbrunn) and to provide informed support to the nature conservation association on trade-offs that are the consequence of different management strategies. Providing this support requires knowledge on ecosystem services and tools for their determination and comparison.

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentation: 50%
Report: 50%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Presentation and Report:
• Exhaustive and fully correct report and presentation: 1,
• Good and correct report and presentation: 2,
• Report and presentation lacking some issues or containing some mistakes: 3,
• Report and presentation considerably lacking issues and containing mistakes: 4,
• Report and presentation lacking important issues and containing fundamental mistakes: 5

Examination topics

Presentation and Report

Reading list

Costanza, Robert; d'Arge, Ralph; De Groot, Rudolf; Farber, Stephen; Grasso, Monica; Hannon, Bruce; Limburg, Karin; Naeem, Shahid; O'Neill, Robert V.; Paruelo, Jose; Raskin, Robert G.; Sutton, Paul; Van Den Belt, Marjan (1997). "The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital". Nature. 387 (6630): 253–260. doi:10.1038/387253a0.
Balvanera, Patricia; Kremen, Claire; Martínez-Ramos, Miguel (February 2005). "Applying community structure analysis to ecosystem function: examples from pollination and carbon storage". Ecological Applications. 15 (1): 360–375. doi:10.1890/03-5192
"Millennium Ecosystem Assessment". www.millenniumassessment.org.

Association in the course directory

(MG-S1-PI) (MG-S2-PI) (MG-W2-PI) (MG21 APF ECOLSPEC)

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