2017-2018 / PAYS0013-1

Plants and City

Urban Farming

Biodiversity and city

Duration

Urban Farming : 8h Th, 16h FT, 12h Mon. WS
Biodiversity and city : 36h Th

Number of credits

 Master in landscape architect (120 ECTS)6 crédits 
 Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)6 crédits 
 Specialised master in integrated production and preservation of natural resources in urban and semi-urban environments6 crédits 

Lecturer

Urban Farming : Haissam Jijakli
Biodiversity and city : Grégory Mahy

Coordinator

Grégory Mahy

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Urban Farming

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 learning unit

Urban Farming

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

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Urban Farming

-        Basic course in urban agriculture
-        Botanique
-        Agriculture comparée (ou cours équivalent)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Urban Farming

- face to face: 9h
- Tool box revision: 3h
- personnal work: 24h

Biodiversity and city

- Seminars
- Applied projects
- Review
 

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Urban Farming

Face-to-face
Workshop for working group

Biodiversity and city

Class attendance and personnal work

Recommended or required readings

Urban Farming

slides and bibliographic references advised during the cursus and reviewed every year

Assessment methods and criteria

Urban Farming

 

  • Theory (Questions during a written examinaion) : 30 % final cotation
  • Intermediary evaluation on the group project : 20 % final cotation
  • Final evaluation on the group project : 50 % final cotation (personnal note within the group)
 
 

Biodiversity and city

Report on personnal work and oral discussion.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Urban Farming

Prof. JIJAKLI Haissam ULg, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Bât. 47, avenue Maréchal Juin 5030 Gembloux +32 81 622431 mh.jijakli@ulg.ac.be

Biodiversity and city

Grégory Mahy
g.mahy@ulg.ac.be

Items online

Urban Farming

Benefices, typlogies, technologies in UA
Benefices, typlogies, technologies in UA

General Introduction
General Introduction

Questions to adress for the project
Questions to adress for the project