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Land use and management
Landnutzung und Landentwicklung
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:13:41
Abstract
first part: the effects of land use on environmental systems. risks of and possibilities to avoid environmental damage. land remediation and land compensation by means of land use change.second and third part: land re-allocation as an instrument of spatial planning. intentions and basic principles; specific explanations for land re-allocations in rural regions and in construction zones.
Objective
Basic knowledge about the effects of land use on environmental systems; knowledge and application of land re-allocation methods
Content
PART 1: LAND IMPROVEMENT 1. Introduction 1.1 Current tasks of land improvement 1.2 The principles of sustainability 1.3 Natural and anthropogenic factors that determine land use 2. Impacts on the soil water regime 2.1 Drainage 2.2 Irrigation 3. Intensification of agricultural land use 3.1 Mechanical impact, soil compaction 3.2 Erosion 3.3 Effects of fertilizers and pesticides 4. Construction, raw material exploitation and wastes 4.1 Soil sealing 4.2 Construction sites and raw material exploitation 4.3 Contaminants and wastes 4.4 Land use change and compensation sites PART 2: FARMLAND CONSOLIDATION 1. Intensions and principles of land re-allocation 2. What is land consolidation? 3. Basis, organisation and procedure of land consolidation process 4. Optimizing road networks for agricultural land use 5. Costs and benefits of land consolidations 6. Ecological compensation and connection of biotopes 7. Land evaluation 8. Re-allocation and financial compensation 9. Completion, assurance, maintenance and quality control PART 3: LAND RE-ALLOCATION IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES 13. General information on land re-allocation in construction zone 14. Examples of different cantons 15. Land re-allocation in the canton of Zurich 16. The development plan of the canton of Zurich
Resources
Lecture Notes
Lecture notes and slides (in German) can be downloaded athttp://lep.ethz.ch/(downloads)
Literature
References in the lecture notes
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- BSC , MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- session examination
- Mode
- oral 30 minutes
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| lecture with exercise | Landnutzung und Landentwicklung |
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4 h weekly |
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Electives (The entire course programs of ETH Zurich and Lausanne as well as the Universities of Zurich ans St. Gallen are open to the students to individual selection.)
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