Landscape Architecture

General objectives The general objective of the module, within the Landscape Planning and Infrastructure Studio, is to learn and test ecological principles and methodologies in the interdisciplinary framework of green infrastructures or "landscape infrastructures" planning. In particular, with respect to the overall strategic context of the landscape infrastructure, which addresses the overall aspects of sustainable development, the module deals with the environmental aspects, providing the basis for the interpretation and subsequent planning of the landscape as a complex ecological system. At different scales and for territorial contexts with different degrees of naturalness (urban / rural), the themes of the territorial ecological classification, of the assessment of the state of conservation and of the prioritization of the objectives of protection, management and planning of natural resources are then dealt with. Specific aims Knowledge and understanding of the structural, functional and dynamic aspects of the landscape, as a system of ecological systems, as well as of drivers, pressures, impacts and responses that affect the conditions and ecological value of landscapes Ability to apply knowledge and understanding for the collection, processing, analysis and interdisciplinary integration of ecological-landscape knowledge aimed at the definition of protocols, plans and projects for the assessment, enhancement and redevelopment of complex ecological systems Critical and judgmental skills developed through participation in seminar activities and in-depth analysis of scientific articles and examples of landscape planning at different scales selected by the teacher Ability to communicate what has been learned through collective activities of argumentation and discussion of the proposed scientific investigations and landscape plans Ability to continue the study autonomously throughout life through the knowledge of the basic theoretical models for ecological landscape analysis, for the assessment of conservation status and environmental quality at the landscape scale, as well as of the main institutional sources and scientific studies for the retrieval and the updating of basic data related to environmental and sustainable development conventions and strategies