| Forest & Landscape | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Oral examination in combination with evaluation of project reports Weight: Oral examination: 50% Project report: 50% 13-point scale, external examiner | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures, seminars, excursions and project work | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 2 Week Structure: A | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Competences obtained within basic science: - Knowledge of analysing basic growth conditions: climate, topography, soil (texture, nutrients, water) Competences obtained within applied science: - Ability to analyse stands: composition, structure, successional stage, health condition - Ability to define goals and developmental potential in relation to decided aesthetic and functionality - Ability to select methods to establish woodlands and to control required stand development - Ability to develop management plans for urban woodlands Competences obtained within Ethics & Values: - awareness of the problems in connection with different recreational values and bio ethics in woodland management. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The main objective is to provide students with skills for management of woodlands in an urban context. The student will gain knowledge and develop tools to establish and manage woodlands:to analyse stands of trees and their potential to fulfil multifunctional targets - aesthetic/recreational, ecologic/protective, productive/economical, and to make specifications of interventions in order to reach these goals. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||||||
| By means of lectures in combination with case studies and excursions the students will: - analyse basic growth conditions in existing and potential woodlands - climate, topography, soil (texture, nutrients, water) - analyse and evaluate existing stands of trees - composition, structure, successional stage, dynamics, health conditions, as well as aesthetic, recreational and biological qualities. - define developmental potential and long-time goals in relation to urban woodland functionality - select and describe methods to establish woodlands and to manage required stand development - develop management plans for urban woodlands in relation to their multifunctial use. The course is focused on woodland types originating in Northern and Central Europe. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The course objectives will be achieved through lectures in combination with case studies, excursions and project work. Cross disciplinary group work will act as an educational "back bone" through the course. The project work is dealing with concrete projects for new woodlands and for management of existing tree stands. The project work is resulting in written reports with documentation of analysis work, discussion of concepts and specification of proposals. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| See course home page | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Christian Nørgård Nielsen, cnn@life.ku.dk, Forest & Landscape Denmark/Forestry and wood products, Phone: 35331772 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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