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Ecological Landscape

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    By the end of the course the students will be able to: - Recognize the idea underpinning the definition of ecological landscape. - Differentiate between landscape ecology, ecological landscape. - Determine landscape morphology and form morphology. - Define environmental consideration and aesthetic and visual qualities. - Analyze ecological issues and explore the landscape applications to deal with those issues. - Conclude an ecological approach for landscape for different solution. - Apply these principles and practices appropriately in projects. - Develop practical skills in this scope.
  • Course Goals
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Life on Land

Requirements

UPL211

Description

  • English Description

    Integrating the landscapes with ecological systems, Biogeography and plant selection, Assembling plant communities, Competition and coexistence, Designing ecosystems, Materials cycling and soil ecology, Plant-animal interactions, Producing integrated sustainable solutions, The theoretical and historical backgrounds of landscape studies, Site analysis, Plant materials and landscape elements
  • Department
    Urban Planning
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (15) + tr.Major Assessment (45 = tr.Industry 5% , tr.Project 35% , tr.Self_learning 5% , tr.Seminar 0% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (35)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 1, Tutorial Hours: 4, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • Essential books (text books)
  • - Beck, Travis., 2013, Principles of ecological landscape design, Island Press, Suite 300, 1718 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009,Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data, 2013
  • - Jeffrey M. Klopatek Robert H. Gardner, 1999 , Landscape Ecological AnalysisIssues and Applications, 1999 Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999
  • - David S-K Ting and Rupp Carriveau, 2019, Energy Generation and Efficiency Technologies for Green Residential Buildings, The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2019
  • - Jelte van Andel and James Aronson with the assistance of Christelle Fontaine and Berengere Merlot. – 2nd ed., 2012, Restoration ecology : the new frontier , A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication 2012
  • Recommended books
  • - Birkeland, Janis.2012. Design for sustainability: A sourcebook of integrated ecological solutions. Routledge.
  • - Hester, Randolph T. 2006. Design for ecological democracy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • - Odum, Howard T. 1994. Ecological and general systems: an introduction to systems ecology. Univ. Press of Colorado.
  • - Marina Alberti (2008) Advances in Urban Ecology : Integrating Humans and Ecological Processes in Urban Ecosystems 2008th Edition by university of Washington
  • - Cathrine Dee. Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture. Spon Press, 2007.
  • - Ann Marie Van Der Zanden, Steven N. Rodie. Landscape Design Theory and Application. Thomson Delmar, 2008.
  • - Grant W. Reid. From Concept to Form in Landscape Design. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
  • - Steffen Lehmann,2007, WHAT IS GREEN URBANISM? Holistic Principles to Transform Cities for Sustainability Steffen Lehmann University of South Australia, Research Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour
  • - Philip James and al., (2011) Urban Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Applications Reprint Edition) Oxford Press
  • Periodicals, Web sites, … etc
  • - https://citynetmembers.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/seouls-rooftop-gardens/
  • - https://www.archdaily.com/197131/seongbuk-gate-hills-joel-sanders-architect-andhaeahn-architecture/
  • - http://www.carboun.com/energy/empowering-egypt/