Land planning and life cycle assessment

The aims of this course are to:
o introduce the study of land planning and the relative legislation,
o synthesize information on land use/landscape planning of the rural territory,
o develop methodological and technical skills in land use/landscape planning,
o develop problem solving, presentation and group working skills useful to face, in multidisciplinary teams, the problems related to land use/landscape planning,
o introduce the quantitative aspects of Sustainable Development,
o know the standards about the environmental aspects (ISO 14000 series),
o know the methodology of environmental impact assessment based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA),
o provide application tools for the LCA approach.

Knowledge and understanding. At the end of this course, students should be able to:
o explain the process of land use/landscape planning,
o describe the international regulatory context and the relevant Italian legislation on land planning,
o describe the role of environmental impact assessment methods,
o explain the methodology of Life Cycle Assessment and evaluate it critically against other environmental impact assessment methods

Applying knowledge and understanding. At the end of this course, students should be able to:

o identify the informational needs for land use/landscape planning,
o apply methodologies, procedures and techniques for land assessment and planning,
o frame the environmental analysis in the standardization context,
o set up an environmental impact assessment based on the LCA analysis according to the regulatory indications,
o calculate the environmental impacts with the LCA approach.