Adrienne Grêt-Regamey: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017

Name Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey
Name variantsAdrienne Gret
Adrienne Grêt
Adrienne Gret Regamey
Adrienne Gret-Regamey
FieldLandscape and Environmental Planning
Address
Inst. f. Raum- u. Landschaftsentw.
ETH Zürich, HIL H 51.3
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 633 29 57
E-mailgret@ethz.ch
URLhttp://www.plus.ethz.ch
DepartmentCivil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
102-0516-AALEnvironmental Impact Assessment
Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement.

Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit.
3 credits4RA. Grêt-Regamey, G. Nussbaumer
AbstractFocus of the course are the method, the process and content of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as well as the legal bases and methods for compiling an environmental impact study (EIS).
Excursions provide a comprehensive view of the EIA.
Using exemplary projects, the process of an EIA will be worked out by the students.
Objective- Understanding the context of spatial planning and environmental protection
- Ability to use central planning instruments and procedures for assessing the environmental impacts and risks of projects
- Ability to apply quantitative methods to assess the environmental impacts and risks of projects
- Knowledge about the process and content of an EIA
- a capacity for critical review of environmental impact assessments
Content- Nominal and functional environmental protection in Switzerland
- Instruments of environmental protection
- Need for coordination between environmental protection and spatial planning
- Environmental Protection and environmental impact assessment
- Legal basis of the EIA
- Procedure of EIA
- Content of the EIA
- Application of the impact analysis
- Monitoring and Controlling
- View regarding the strategic environmental assessment (SEA)
- Excursions to projects obligated under the EIA
Lecture notesNo script. The documents for the lecture can be found for download on the homepage of the Chair of Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems.
LiteratureSupplementary literature is available for download on the homepage of the Chair of Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems.
103-0307-00LMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis Information 3 credits2GA. Grêt-Regamey
AbstractPlanners need to make decisions about the best possible mix of land uses. With increasing availability of spatial databases and the analytical capabilities of GIS, more effective decision support systems can be developed. The goal of the course is to provide the basics of spatial analysis and to teach the integration of spatial data into multicriteria decision-making systems.
ObjectiveThis course will:
1) introduce students to techniques and issues associated with spatial modeling and decision support systems, including analytical techniques that are unique to spatial analysis
2) provide hands-on training in the use of these spatial tools in R while addressing real planning problems.

The emphasis is on concepts, resources, and analysis tools that students can use in science, private companies and government careers.
Lecture notes- Handouts of the lectures
- Script
- Exercise material

Download: http://www.irl.ethz.ch/plus/education
Prerequisites / NoticeThe course will presume basic knowledge of the R software package. RE&IS Master students will acquire this knowledge during the
"Basics of RE&IS" (103-0377-10L) course. Provided there are still available places, students from other disciplines can also join the part of "Basics of RE&IS" in which R is taught (i.e. first five lectures; no credit points will be awarded). These students can register for "Basics of RE&IS" by e-mailing Maarten van Strien (vanstrien@ethz.ch). Alternatively, they can acquire basic R knowledge with online tutorials, such as "Introduction to R" by W. N. Venables and D. M. Smith available online at http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.pdf.
103-0315-03LPlanning III3 credits2GA. Grêt-Regamey, U. Wissen Hayek
AbstractIndependent development of a basis for decision-making and preparation of specific project documents in the context of practical spatial and environmental problems.
ObjectiveThe students know different GIS-based techniques and methods for analysis of landscape and urban areas as well as GIS-based process models and can implement these for quantifying urban qualities in planning processes.
ContentCurrent topics from planning practice lead to a practical task in the context of sustainable urban development. A systematic approach of choosing suitable planning and analysis methods is shown and implemented on a concrete project. The results of the GIS-based analysis serve for developing possible solutions. Different alternatives are evaluated with selected indicators and discussed.
Lecture notesNo script. Handouts will be provided.
Prerequisites / NoticeGIS-skills would be advantageous.
103-0347-00LLandscape Planning and Environmental Systems Restricted registration - show details
Only for master students, otherwise a special permisson by the lecturers is required.
3 credits2VA. Grêt-Regamey
AbstractIn the course, methods for the identification and measurement of landscape characteristics, as well as measures and implementation of landscape planning are taught. Landscape planning is put into the context of the environmental systems (soil, water, air, climate, flora and fauna) and discussed with regard to socio-political questions of the future.
ObjectiveThe aims of this course are:
1) To illustrate the concept of landscape planning, the economic relevance of landscape and nature in the context of the environmental systems (soil, water, air, climate, flora and fauna).
2) To show landscape planning as an integral information system for the coordination of different instruments by illustrating the aims, methods, instruments and their functions in landscape planning.
3) To show the importance of ecosystem services.
4) To point out basic information about nature and landscape: Analysis and assessment of the complex interactions between landscape elements, effects of existing and foreseeable utilization of space (nature goods and services and landscape functions).
5) To identify and measure the characteristics of landscape.
6) Learn how to use the instrument of GIS appropriately in landscape planning.
ContentIn this course, the following topics are discussed:
- Definition of the concept of landscape
- Landscape change
- Landscape planning
- Methods, instruments and aims of landscape planning (politics)
- Socio-political questions of the future
- Environmental systems, IUCN Red List, ecological connectivity
- Urban landscape services
- Practice of landscape planning
- Use of GIS in landscape planning
Lecture notesNo script. The documentation, consisting of presentation slides are partly handed out and are provided for download on the PLUS website.
Prerequisites / NoticeThe contents of the course will be illustrated in the associated lecture 103-0347-01 U (Landscape Planning and Environmental Systems (GIS Exercises)). An combination of courses is recommended.
103-0347-01LLandscape Planning and Environmental Systems (GIS Exercises) Restricted registration - show details 3 credits2UA. Grêt-Regamey, V. Cohen, A. Stritih
AbstractThe course content of the lecture Landscape Planning and Environmental Systems (103-0347-00 V) will be illustrated.
ObjectiveTo show the importance of ecosystem services.
Analysis and assessment of the complex interactions between landscape elements.
To identify and measure the characteristics of landscape.
Learn how to use the instrument of GIS appropriately in landscape planning.
Content- Environmental systems, IUCN Red List, ecological connectivity
- Calculating urban landscape services
- Practice of landscape planning
- Use of GIS in landscape planning
- Modelling
- Landscape analysis
- Landscape metrics
Lecture notesNo script. The documentation, consisting of presentation slides are partly handed out and are provided for download on the PLUS website.
LiteratureWill be named in the lecture.
Prerequisites / NoticeBasic GIS skills are recommended. A brief introduction to GIS will be given in the first exercise.
103-0817-00LGeomatics Seminar Restricted registration - show details 4 credits2SM. Rothacher, K. W. Axhausen, A. Geiger, A. Grêt-Regamey, L. Hurni, M. Raubal, B. Scholl, U. A. Weidmann, A. Wieser
AbstractIntroduction to general scientific working methods and skills in the core fields of geomatics. It includes a literature study, a review of one of the articles, a presentation and a report about the literature study.
ObjectiveLearn how to search for literature, how to write a scientific report, how to present scientific results, and how to critically read and review a scientific article
ContentA list of themes for the literature study are made availabel at the beginning of the semester. A theme can be selected based on a moodle.
Prerequisites / NoticeAgreement with one of the responsible Professors is necessary
115-0505-00LLecture Week 04: Landscape and Environmental Planning Restricted registration - show details
Only for MAS, DAS and CAS in Spatial Planning.
2 credits1GA. Grêt-Regamey, U. Wissen Hayek
AbstractDiscussion of the proposition of sustainability in landscape and environmental planning; comprehending landscape development with a system dynamics approach; planning of landscape development across cantonal and communal boundaries; negotiating various stakeholder interests on the example of watercourse corridors; instruments and approaches for sustainable development of urban landscapes.
ObjectiveOverview of tasks of landscape and environmental planning as well as essential theories; insights in planning approaches and application of new instruments related to current problems for a sustainable landscape development.