English title:
Use of ornamental trees in landscaping
Course ID:
952326
ECTS credits:
3,0
Title in native language:
Verwendung von Ziergehölzen
Verwendung von Ziergehölzen
Term Semester:
Spring/Summer
Instruction language(s):
German
Course content:
Excursions to important parks of Vienna and other "public green". Analysis of the plantation in the green arrangements: Use of the woody plants (shrub, tree, hedge), advantages and disadvantages, space effect, demanded types of use to the open area and their effect on the woods. Demonstrate in problems of wood plantations in urban space (kinds/kind choice, tree protection, tree support, wood care).
Expected previous knowledge:
Dendrology
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge about effect and duties of the woods. Use of domestic and foreign woody plants on typical examples in Viennese green arrangements, parks and gardens as hedge, single plantation and group plantation, as an boulevard and trees beside streets.
Teaching and learning methods:
Recordings, project in small groups, excursions
Exam method:
written and oral + attendance
Organisation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Country:
Austria
Acronym:
BOKU
ERASMUS+ code:
A WIEN03
Teaching period summer semester:
22. Feb 2021 - 30. Sep 2021
Teaching period winter semester:
13. Oct 2020 - 21. Feb 2021
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