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Undergraduate Course: Land Use Policy (ECSC10013)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryUsers of rural land in Britain are experiencing both inducements and constraints on what they may or may not do on this basic resource and increasingly wider public interests are influencing the boundaries within which social and economic activities are allowable.

This unit introduces students to a variety of discussion leaders from commercial, governmental and non-governmental organisations all with their own particular viewpoint and expertise in land use policy; and through presentations and seminars explores the main inducements and constraints which have shaped land use in the past and which continue to shape the rural economy and environment of the future.
Course description Past & present agricultural land use policies
Protected Areas, and how they work in practice
Barriers to rural development
Forest land use: policy, drivers & mechanisms
Less Favoured Areas, a special case?
Environmental concerns over land use policy
Crofting and its place in the 21st century
Changing support for agriculture
Regional land use planning
Fitting food into a land use policy
Ghosts past & the shape of things to come
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Gain an integrated knowledge of the constraints and stimuli which affect land use in Britain.
  2. Appreciate the legislative, institutional and support influences which alter behaviour of land managers and change perceptions of the general public.
  3. Be able to critically identify barriers to effective land use and to offer professional insights and interpretations to these problems.
  4. Gain practise in communicating with professionals from commercial, governmental and non-governmental organisations.
  5. Learn how to deal with complex political and ethical issues in accordance with current professional practices.
Reading List
Individual sessions have associated key references provided in Learn but a starting set of web references is given below:

Forward strategy http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-post-2013/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rurdev/index_en.htm
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/158242/0042839.pdf

Rural policy http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/economy/policy/
SRDP http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/farmingrural/SRDP

National Parks http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designatedareas/default.aspx

EU LFAs http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Research%20briefings%20and%20fact%20sheets/SB10-29.pdf
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rurdev/lfa/index_en.htm

UK Forestry policy http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/fcfc001.pdf/$FILE/fcfc001.pdf
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/anw-policy.pdf/$FILE/anw-policy.pdf

RSPB policy http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/policy/

Agri-environment http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/farmingrural/Agriculture/Environment/Agrienvironment

Land use strategy http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/03/17091927/0
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/12/19161736/0
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information 1 three-hour session per week
KeywordsECSC10013 LUP,Land use,government policy,agriculture,forestry,protected areas,regional planning
Contacts
Course organiserDr Ron Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)51 7163
Email: Ron.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Matthew Hathaway
Tel: (0131 6)50 5430
Email: Matthew.Hathaway@ed.ac.uk
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