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Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
Version 2013-2014
PAYS0013-1  Plants and towns
- Urban agriculture
- Biodiversity and city

Duration :  Urban agriculture : 8h Th, 16h FT, 12h Mon. WS
Biodiversity and city :
Number of credits :  
Master in Landscape Design, 2nd year6
Lecturer :  Urban agriculture : Haissam Jijakli
Biodiversity and city : Grégory Mahy
Coordinator :  N...
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
Urban agriculture

This course will first describe the benefits brought by urban agriculture in the point of view of a sustainable development.
Urban agriculture typologies  and production techniques (soiless culures, hydropony and aquapony) adapted to an urban environment will be explained.
A practical project will also being made where students will have to chose the adapted techniques to use in the context of several concrete building projects.
 

Biodiversity and city

Different topics to be selected depending on actors :
ecological management if green spaces
green buildings
ecossytem services

Learning outcomes of the course :  
Urban agriculture

1: To know forms and typologies of urban agriculture
2:To know the benefits of the various forms of urban agriculture and their use depending on the people and on the building project and function
3: To know production techniques in order to be able to communicate with urban agriculture and estate profession specialists
4: To apply and integrate knowledges to a building project

Biodiversity and city

Be able to :
Integrate plant biodiversity in city planing projects

Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Urban agriculture

-        HORT0013-1 : Cours agriculture urbaine
-        Botanique
-        Agriculture comparée (ou cours équivalent)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Urban agriculture

- face to face: 8h
- excursions and seminars: 16h
- personnal work: 12h

Biodiversity and city

- Seminars
- Applied projects
- Review
 

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Biodiversity and city

Class attendance and personnal work
Recommended or required readings :  
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Biodiversity and city

Report on personnal work and oral discussion.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Biodiversity and city

Grégory Mahy
g.mahy@ulg.ac.be



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