Infrastructures and Landscape Planning for Sustainable Tourism in Mountain Areas

A.Y. 2024/2025
6
Max ECTS
48
Overall hours
SSD
AGR/10
Language
English
Learning objectives
To provide the knowledge about methods, techniques and technologies related to the process of the development of active tourism in mountain areas, in particular related to planning, design, management and promotion of soft mobility networks, both with regard to infrastructures and to sustainable development for local communities and businesses.
Expected learning outcomes
Students will be able to analyze and evaluate the territorial and environmental resources of the mountain areas and the active tourism demand and characteristics, both in quantitative and qualitative terms; to define a plan for the design, realization, management, and promotion of the soft mobility network for active tourism in mountain areas.
Single course

This course can be attended as a single course.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
During the course, the following topics will be presented:
- introduction to Land-Use and Landscape Planning and the relative legislation;
- introduction to sustainable tourism in mountain areas;
- analysis and assessment of the territorial offer in terms of infrastructures active tourism, territorial and environmental resources; local and traditional products, rural tourism services, involvement of the local community;
- analysis and assessment of the demand for active tourism and user needs: quantification and characterization of soft mobility users and general tourists (methods, techniques, data available);
- planning and promotion of soft mobility networks for tourism and recreation in mountain areas;
- design elements of the infrastructures for soft mobility in mountain areas.
Contents of the program are the same also for non-attending students.
Prerequisites for admission
Not specific requirement.
Teaching methods
Lectures in the classroom, related to theoretical elements and applicative case studies.
Technical visits.
Seminars of international experts.
Sample exercises in the classroom.
Teaching Resources
The teaching material will be made available on the official MS Teams classroom and will be composed of:
- slides of the lessons,
- technical-scientific insights indicated during the course, and relevant international reference literature,
- reference legislation.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The evaluation is expressed by means of a vote out of thirty. The grade is communicated to each individual student by e-mail.
The evaluation will be based on an individual or group project in which each student will have to demonstrate, through a concrete case, the acquired competences in terms of methods, procedures and techniques learned during the course. The oral exam will include the discussion of the student's "individual or group project".
Students with SLD or disability certifications are kindly requested to contact the teacher at least 15 days before the date of the exam session to agree on individual exam requirements. In the email please make sure to add in cc the competent offices: [email protected] (for students with SLD) o [email protected] (for students with disability).
AGR/10 - RURAL BUILDINGS AND AGRO - FOREST LAND PLANNING - University credits: 6
Lessons: 48 hours
Professor: Senes Giulio
Shifts:
Turno
Professor: Senes Giulio
Professor(s)
Reception:
By appointment (by email o Teams)
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Via Celoria 2, Milano (Ingegneria Agraria, Building 10)