Green Infrastructures and Nature-Based Solutions

The course is organised as a laboratory aimed at assessing and planning a green infrastructure network (1), designing selected elements of green infrastructure (2), evaluating the ecosystem services they provide (3).
These activities are developed across the different teaching units of the course.
Individual assignments are given by the lecturers of the different teaching units, both during the semester and for the final examination. They include:
- green Infrastructures planning and design unit: research and presentation of green infrastructure case studies, multiple-choice questions, and survey activities, assigned and assessed during the semester;
- applied botany and woody species in landscape design unit: first impressions of the study area, climate and bioclimate of the study area, flora of the study area;
- stream restoration: flow calculation.
The group work is based on a case study, which changes every year. Students work in groups of 3-4 people and are required to prepare a technical report, analyses, planning documents, and project maps. Reviews of the group work are scheduled during the semester.
The final assessment is based on both individual work and group work, according to the following criteria:
- 60% Individual work, consisting of assignments from each teaching unit.
The grade is composed as follows:
- 13% green Infrastructures planning and design unit
- 34% applied botany and woody species in landscape design unit
- 13% stream restoration unit
- 40% Group work, consisting of the technical report, analyses, planning documents, project maps, presentation, and discussion.
The grade is composed as follows:
- 25% quality of the documents produced;
- 5% quality of the presentation;
- 10% answers to questions during the discussion.
For the group work, the assessment is assigned to the group as a whole. Each student may individually accept or reject the grade. If the grade is rejected, the student may improve the work according to the feedback provided by the lecturers.
Class attendance is strongly recommended, especially for practical exercises, field surveys, and reviews of the practical work.
Non-attending students are required to carry out the practical work individually. For these students, the study area will be chosen in agreement with the lecturers, so that it is easily accessible to the student and sufficiently known, at least in general terms, by the lecturers.
The procedures and deadlines for submitting individual assignments will be communicated by the lecturers during the course. For the final presentation of the group work, students must submit all required materials in PDF format at least three days before the exam. They must also bring printed copies of the materials to the exam, present their work in 30 minutes using a presentation, and answer questions related to it.
Students with SLD or disability certifications are kindly requested to contact the teacher at least 15 days before the date of the exam session to agree on individual exam requirements. In the email please make sure to add in cc the competent offices: [email protected] (for students with SLD) o [email protected] (for students with disability).