Course syllabus

Samhällsplanering
Risk Based Land Use Planning

VBR110, 7,5 credits, A (Second Cycle)

Valid for: 2012/13
Decided by: Education Board 2
Date of Decision: 2012-03-16

General Information

Compulsory for: BI4
Elective for: RH4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

Aim

The course will provide the fire engineer with sufficient knowledge to allow him/her to collaborate at early stages in the planning process so that risk analyses can be included and used to create a base at a strategic stage of the planning work where the objective is a robust and sustainable society.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to identify the risks and vulnerable project components located at the site under study.
• be able to demonstrate an understanding of how the planning process works and of important values and qualities in the existing environment.

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to prepare a planning proposal in such a way that valued qualities of the area under study are safeguarded.
• be able to evaluate sources of risk and vulnerable project components located in the area, and integrate these factors into the plan in a community-related robust manner.
• be able to apply established methods of risk analysis to a plan site that contains risk sources and vulnerable components.
• be able to demonstrate a capability, both verbally and in writing, to report on and discuss with community decision-makers actual risk-related issues in community-based planning.
• be able to search for, and assess information with a high degree of independence and to assume responsibility that the group work carried out is completed and reported on within given time-frames.
• be able to analyse risks and vulnerabilities in an urban environment, as well as provide suggestions for initiatives to be considered in connection with planning which promote a sustainable and robust society.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• demonstrate a capacity for exercising good judgement regarding the relevant scientific, community-related, and ethical aspects.
• demonstrate insight into the possibilities and limitations of the techniques for the community, and into the responsibility of humans for their use.
• demonstrate the capability to identify the need for further knowledge and continuously develop the competence.

Contents

In the project assignment, the student will put into practice his/her knowledge of planning at, above all, the scale-level of general planning and extended general plans. However, certain components will be treated at a more detailed scale.

In parallel with the urban building assignment, a course component will be offered whose objective is to provide knowledge of how risks of various kinds can be managed in community-based planning, using risk analyses as starting points. This course component is aimed at providing insight into the application of the existing legislation framework as a management tool to enable risks to be considered in the community-based planning process.

The students will obtain an understanding of the various central, regional, and community administrations' view of the concept, "Risk considerations in the community-based planning process". An important aspect involves the linkage, "Environmental Impact Assessment – Risk Considerations". The extended general plan must be designed in view of the demands for a sustainable society. Also included in the course are lectures and literature study aimed at addressing the problem, "Community's vulnerability and preparedness measures in community-based planning".

The project work is reported in the form of a public seminar. The teaching aspect is carried out in project form with supporting lectures, consultations, and study visits. The work is constructed around a training site located in a nearby municipality. The written report shall follow the Department of Fire Safety Engineering and Safety systems regulations for assignments at Level II, http://www.brand.lth.se/fileadmin/brandteknik/utbild/inuppgkrav.pdf.

Examination details

Grading scale: UG
Assessment: The examination is given individually in combination with consultations, and in group format through handed-in and approved analysis assignments, as well as through oral and written reporting of the project assignment and opposition on another project assignment.

Admission

Admission requirements:

• VBR180 Risk Analysis Methods

The number of participants is limited to: 60
Selection: Credits remaining for the degree

Reading list

• Strömgren, M.: Riskhantering och fysisk planering. SRV, 1997, ISBN: 91-88890-79-1.
• Berntsson, V.: Varför stadsplanera istället för bebyggelseplanera. Boverket, 2002, ISBN: 91-7147-713-6.
• Miljömål i fysiska planer. Boverket, 2007, ISBN: 978-91-85751-29-7.
• Stenberg, C-A.: Riktlinjer för riskhänsyn i samhällsplaneringen –Bebyggelseplanering intill väg och järnväg med transport av farligt gods., Rapport 2007:06. Länsstyrelsen i Skåne Län, 2007, ISSN:1402-3393.
• Riskhantering i översiktsplaner - En vägledning för kommuner och länsstyrelser. SRV, 2004.
• Slettenmark, O.: Riskanalyser i detaljplaneprocessen - vem, vad, när och hur?, Rapport nr 15:2003. Länsstyrelsen i Stockholms län, 2003.
• Hallin, P-O., Nilsson, J. och Olofsson, N.: Kommunal sårbarhetsanalys. KBM, 2004.
• Robusthet i den Fysiska miljön. ÖCB, 1998, sid. 29-32.
• Bergström, S. m.fl: Robusta bostadsområden och grannskap. FOA, 1998, sid. 62-75.
• Hållbar stadsutveckling – Exempel från fem kommuner. Boverket, 2004, ISBN: 91-7147-835-3.
• Översiktsplanering för hållbar utveckling – Exempel från fem kommuner. Boverket och Naturvårdsverket, 2000, ISBN: 91-7147-620-2.
• Recommendations on land use planning and the control of societal risk around major hazard sites. Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board, 2007.
• Myndigheten för samhällskydd och beredskaps föreskrifter om kommuners och landstings risk- och sårbarhetsanalyser., MSBFS 2010:6. MSB, 2010.
• PBL Översiktsplan och detaljplan, med lagtext. Boverket , 2011. Can be found at:http://www.boverket.se/Vagledningar/PBL-kunskapsbanken.

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Universitetslektor Berit Andersson, berit.andersson@brand.lth.se
Further information: Group assignments require active participation. Each group member must individually be able to account for the content of the assignment. If a group member does not fulfill the demands of the group or ignores hers/his commitment, she/he can be reassigned to another group or get a fail result.