2018-2019 / PAYS0013-1

Plants and City

Agriculture and city

Biodiversity and city

Duration

Agriculture and city : 8h Th, 12h FT, 10h Mon. WS
Biodiversity and city : 24h 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

Agriculture and city : 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

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Agriculture and city

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

Agriculture and city

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

Agriculture and city

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

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Agriculture and city

- 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)

Agriculture and city

Face-to-face
Workshop for working group

Biodiversity and city

Class attendance and personnal work

Recommended or required readings

Agriculture and city

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

Assessment methods and criteria

Agriculture and city

 

  • 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

Agriculture and city

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

Agriculture and city

Benefits, technics and typologies
Benefits, technics and typologies

Tool box
Tool box

Cours de littérature scientifique pour les MAP
Cours de littérature scientifique pour les MAP

Introduction
Introduction