Unit ECOLOGY APPLIED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Course
Civil and environmental engineering
Study-unit Code
A002100
Curriculum
Ingegneria ambientale
Teacher
Marco Fornaciari Da Passano
Teachers
  • Marco Fornaciari Da Passano
  • Fabio Orlandi (Codocenza)
Hours
  • 32 ore - Marco Fornaciari Da Passano
  • 8 ore (Codocenza) - Fabio Orlandi
CFU
5
Course Regulation
Coorte 2020
Offered
2021/22
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Ingegneria ambientale e del territorio
Academic discipline
BIO/07
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
Introduction to Environment and Ecosystem. Agroecosystem and Urban ecosystem. Introduction to Floristic and Vegetation. Urban Green
Reference texts
PIGNATTI - Ecologia Vegetale, UTET, Torino 1995
MAUSETH - Botanica e Biodiversità, IDELSON-GNOCCHI, Napoli 2006
TOWNSEND - L'essenziale di Ecologia - ZANICHELLI, Bologna 2005
Educational objectives
First knowledge of the elements that define the Environment and the Ecosystem. Provide the principles of Floristics and related analysis tools. Provide the principles of vegetation and related analysis tools. Classification and characteristics of urban green.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of plant biology
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons (also on line) and practical training.
Other information
February 2022-June 2022
Learning verification modality
Oral examination (also on line).
Extended program
Definition of Environment and Ecosystem with particular regard to the relationships between plants and environmental factors. Definition of the "agrosystem" model in two scenarios: internal and agri-environmental. Problems of the organization of the agro-ecosystem. First knowledge of specific agroecological performance indicators. Elements of knowledge of the urban ecosystem. Introduction to Floristics and its analyzes applied to the environment. Introduction to biological forms and chorotypes. Introduction to Vegetation and its applications to environmental studies. Main vegetation analysis tools. Classification of urban green and related environmental characteristics.
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