People, Nature and Recreation

Course Description

Content

The course deals with practical and theoretical aspects of planning, management and governance of outdoor recreation (or ‘friluftsliv’ in Danish) with strong focus on balancing use and protection of nature. In this course, you will learn from a management point of view how to deal with visitors and users of nature areas. The course has an international set-up and include examples and cases from Denmark and other countries. A multitude of recreation environments are in focus, including urban green space recreation, forest recreation, countryside recreation, protected area visitation, wilderness recreation, and coastal and marine recreation.  The planning and management focus includes: novel and traditional visitor monitoring; strategies and tactics in management of visitor flows; use and protection of nature; protected area management; volunteering; zoning and multifunctional approaches.

Recommended academic qualifications

If you have completed the Forestry and Landscape Engineering programme, you are qualified for this course.

Bachelor degree in Natural Resource Management, Landscape Architecture, Geography, Biology, Exercise and Sports (idræt), Environmental Science, or similar, is recommended.