Lecture/Seminar: Land Use Policies, Markets, and Ecosystems (C7a) (74046)

WS 2020/2021
Tu.: 16:00-20:00, S25

Thomas Schmitt, Maria Hänsel

L/S 3 ECTS

Starting date: tba

Further information and enrolment on the e-learning page.

Learning Objective: 

As an outcome of this module, students are able to:

• Evaluate different policies and market options in their effect on land use and ecosystem services
• Interpret land use model results and put them in the context of real-world policies and markets
• Identify feedback mechanisms and trade-offs in human environment systems

Course Content:

This lecture addresses causes of changes in land use, in particular by using regional case studies to focus on the influence of markets and politics. In addition, various methods for quantifying land use change and its influence on ecosystem services are introduced and discussed.