Course: Park adjustment

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Course title Park adjustment
Course code KKM/PARKU
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kvítek Tomáš, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Purpose and usage of parks. Herbal and wooden communities. Parks settlement, trees and herbs choose. Technology of outplanting and upkeeping of special termophilic plant species and their use in the climatic conditions of the Czech republic. The essentials of project documentation by parks settlement and enlargement. Supplemental buildings and equipments in parks. Run and upkeeping of park green. Forest gardens and botanic gardens. Park forests and forestry parks. Special purpose forests and their zoning, importance mainly in suburban agglomerations. National parks forests and forests of forestry importance. Legal norms.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Monitoring
  • Field trip - 8 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 48 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 36 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 48 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this subject is to clear up the basic principles of setting and upkeeping of green in urban and rural areas and in anthropogenic landscape in general.
The student will be oriented in terms of planting and maintenance of trees and plants in cities.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of trees and plants suitable for planting in cities.

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined exam, Seminar work

seminar paper, written test, oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Bell, S. Elements of Visual Design in the Landscape.. Londýn, 1996.
  • Nepomucký, P., Salašová, A. Krajinné plánování.. Ostrava, 1996.
  • Otruba, I. Zahradní architektura: tvorba zahrad a parků.. Šlapanice, 2002.
  • Phillips, L.E. Parks: Design and Management.. 1996.
  • Richardson, T. The Gardenbook. Londýn, 2000.
  • Svoboda, M., Šimek, P. Projektování zahradních a krajinářských úprav a územních systémů ekologické stability.. 2001.
  • Sýkora, J. Venkovský prostor. Praha, 1998.
  • THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE AND THE INSTITUTE OF EMA, G. Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment. 2002.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology Study plan (Version): Land Adjustment and Real Estate Trade (2010) Category: Agriculture and forestry 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer