Landscape Laboratory

Knowing how to define the planning context in which a project fits;
Knowing how to identify the available tools and public stakeholders to start a redevelopment project;
Knowing how to identify and analyze the costs and benefits (direct / indirect, market / non-market) related to a project;
Knowing how to use these skills applied to a case study.
The course aims to provide students with the necessary tools to address the issues related to rivers restoration, both natural and artificial environments in rural area s. Another goal is to acquire knowledge and skills in relation to the restoration project.The aim of the course is to provide basic knowledge of plant ecology, to describe the distribution, current and past, of individual species and of plant communities on Earth, to provide the scientific tools for studying plant communities, also in order to correct interpretation, management and landscape design.

This module, conveniently integrated with the other modules of the course, enables students to acquire the tools necessary to draw up a master plan of intervention projects in the agro-environmental field and the skills to apply the techniques of economic and financial evaluation. Students will also be able to uptake the administrative procedures and tools of support to the agricultural and environmental policies.The student will acquire useful knowledge to deal with the issue of environmental restoration of watercourses in rural areas and the best way to perform the design process.The student will acquire knowledge of plant ecology, geobotany applied, landscape ecology and environmental design, in order to address correct territorial analyzes, assessments of the quality of the environment and formulating guidelines for the design, restoration and environmental recovery.