Educational objectives Outcomes
The course aims at obtaining knowledge on: plant communities structure, composition, functions and dynamics at different spatial scales, from local to global; methods for the analysis of vegetation; relationships between plants and the environment; plant species distribution models; vegetation dynamics; vegetation science and land management; main vegetation types of Italy.
The course will inform on how to apply the mentioned knowledge to land planning and to the specific projects aimed at forest sustainable management, biodiversity conservation, landscape enhancement and land protection.
The course will allow students to critically analyse reports and plans created by institutions and professionals of the environment sector in a multifunctionality perspective with special reference to sustainable management of natural resources.
The course will prepare students to communicate and collaborate with environment sector practitioners and with a wide range of stakeholders also thanks to the focus on specific terms and concepts as well as on updated data relevant to the sector.
Finally, the students will be guided towards approaches and data sources relative to natural and semi-natural ecosystems that will contribute to their degree of independence in their study and career path.
Dublin descriptors
1. Knowledge and understanding of plant communities structure, composition, functions and dynamics at different spatial scales, from local to global; methods for the analysis of vegetation; relationships between plants and the environment; plant species distribution models; vegetation dynamics; vegetation science and land management; main vegetation types of Italy.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding to land planning and to specific projects aimed at sustainability, biodiversity conservation, landscape enhancement and land protection.
3. Making judgements on reporting and planning documents created by institutions and practitioners of the environment sector by taking into account multifunctionality and a sustainable management of natural resources.
4. Communication skills with environment practitioners and a wide range of stakeholders after learning the specific language and d updated data relevant within the sector.
5. Lifelong learning skills: students will be guided towards an approach and specific data sources relative to natural and semi-natural ecosystems that will allow them to be autonomous in their learning and working path.
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Educational objectives The course addresses the critical and theoretical themes related to Landscape Architecture, meant as project culture and praxis concerning open space and its declinations.
The course will address theoretical foundations and operative approaches in the most interesting trends that have extended the skills of this discipline in different directions, turning it into a key reflection element for the rethink of transformation modalities in human habitat.
a) Knowledge and understanding
The course aims at offering a sight - on a knowledge, theoretical and technical level - on the main aspects of Landscape Architecture, in its different articulations, particularly referring to the international scenario of projects and realizations: from parks to public space, to urban and extra-urban landscapes, through the use of reading instruments, the research of motivations, the knowledge of natural/artificial elements and of the main techniques that provide the specific heritage of this discipline.
b) Applying knowledge and understanding
Providing methodological tools so that the knowledge acquired by students can contribute to improve their design and technical skills.
c) Making judgements
Developing the ability of critically understanding landscape projects through the representation, the (graphic) description of the motivations, of the modes of relationship with contexts and the acknowledge of the devices and the main techniques that constitute the specific heritage of this discipline.
d) Communication skills
Enabling the ability to communicate the complexity of the design process and related themes, through a critical work on case studies.
e) Learning skills
Providing tools, methodologies and categories apt at enriching knowledge as a basis to understand the modes of transformation of human habitat.
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