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SUMMARY:Urban Ecology (Course)
DESCRIPTION:Course Objective\nThe student will be able to: \n\nrelate ecological and environmental theories and concepts of relevance for urban areas and ecosystems;\ndescribe and appreciate the complex and diverse relationships between cities and ecology\, and between human and the built environment;\napply principles and concepts of urban ecosystems to analyze our surrounding urban habitats;\nplace urban areas in the landscape – describe interdependencies between urban and rural biodiversity\ncompare perspectives on urban green areas and biodiversity from ecology and landscape architecture\nexplain principles of spatial planning of urban areas for biodiversity and ecosystem services\naddress urban ecological question\, resulting from above approaches\, and design (field) experiments to resolve these questions.\n\n\n\nLevel 300: specialisation \nCourse Content\nWith over half of the world’s population now living in cities\, cities have assumed a critical role in shaping local\, regional\, and global ecologies. Urban areas have an inherent ecological nature with cities and the built environment as ecosystems. This course focuses on ecological theories examining urban sites as interaction hot spots between species\, humans\, the biophysical environment and the surrounding natural ecosystems. We will use our campus and Amsterdam as a “living laboratory” in which students will apply these theories to field observation\, case studies\, and landscape perspective. \n\n\nAdditional Information Teaching Methods\nThe first part of the course consists of lectures about the theory underlying Urban Ecology. In the second part of the course the students will perform (field) experiments in and around Amsterdam. \n\n\nMethod of Assessment\nWritten exam about the theory (50%)\nPresentation and/or written report about the experimental work (50%) \n\n\nLiterature\nMandatory reading: The Biology of Urban Environment\, Philip James \n\n\nAdditional Information Target Audience\nKeuzecursus voor tweedejaars BSc Biologie. \n\nGeneral Information\n\n\n\nCourse Code\nAB_470074\n\n\nCredits\n6.00 EC\n\n\nPeriod\nP6\n\n\nCourse Level\n200\n\n\nLanguage of Tuition\nDutch\n\n\nFaculty\nFaculteit der Bètawetenschappen\n\n\nCourse Coordinator\ndr. Z.V. Zizzari\n\n\nExaminer\ndr. W.H. Halfwerk\n\n\nTeaching Staff\ndr. W.H. Halfwerk\nprof. dr. M.A.P.A. Aerts\ndr. Z.V. Zizzari
URL:https://cue2.org/event/urban-ecology-course/
LOCATION:Noord-Holland
ORGANIZER;CN="Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam":MAILTO:studentenbalie@vu.nl
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