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PhD in Interdisciplinary Management of Landscape

Organisation : Universidade dos Açores
Way of training : Initial education
Language(s): Portuguese
Place: Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island, Azores (French Regions: Europe)
Prepared diploma/grade/title: Doctorate or PhD degree
1st required level : French baccalauréat + 5

Course Details

Objectives : With this PhD programme, students will be able to develop integrated methods to connect disciplinary paradigms with Man and the Environment as their subject. The intention is that the students will be able to learn, adapt and create methods to: a) assess goods and services provided by the landscape, such as biodiversity, hunting, environmental quality, recreation, carbon sequestration, identity preservation, etc. ; b) design and assess policies for land use, as related with spatial planning, regulation, taxes and subsidies, market creation and new property regimes; c) propose decision support tools, such as multi-criteria analysis, ecological-economic modelling, participatory methods; d) understand practices and social perception, as well as the social construction of land use; e) develop spatial models integrating the environment, technology, economics and regulation;

Degree Level (EU) : 8 - (EQC level or equivalent)

Admission requirements : May apply for the study cycle: a) holders of a master's degree in Agronomy, Economics, Biology, Environment, Geography, Engineering, or related fields, or legally equivalent qualifications; b) holders of degrees with 240 ECTS, or more, in Agronomy, Economics, Biology, Environment, Geography, Engineering, or similar areas, or with legally equivalent qualifications, who hold a school, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized by the scientific council as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies and demonstrate extensive experience in the area of studies in question; c) holders of a school, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized by the scientific council as attesting the ability to hold a doctorate and demonstrates extensive experience in the area of the study cycle.

Targeted careers : Consultant in the areas of territorial planning, agri-environmental policy, rural development, environmental impact assessment, air quality and sound environment; Manager of protected areas, water resources, solid waste, waste water and water supply, pollution control systems and energy resources; Researcher and evaluator of projects in the course area.

Duration and terms : 3 years

Notes : PhD Course co-organized with University of Évora (Évora, Portugal) and Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Lisbon, Portugal)

Partnerships with national organisations : Coordination and Organization: Department of Agrarian Sciences

Dedicated web site : https://uac.pt/ensino/curso.php?id=4138&l=EN&a=2021/2022&f=FCAA

Applications

Environment and Land Management (Environmental protection, agriculture, biodiversity, climate changes; Resources, land-use planning, infrastructures)

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