Objectives and definition of urban forestry (urban forestry): limits and reference areas. Historical-geographical development of urban forestry. Ecological characteristics and cultivation of major trees and forests in Italy, with special reference to the Mediterranean environment.
The eco-physiological interactions of trees and plants with the main environmental factors of urban environment: light, temperature, water, nutrients, air pollution, CO2; effect of the vegetation on the urban and peri-urban areas.
Management of natural forests and woodlands in the urban environment and protected areas. Planting and management of trees and forests.
Causes of fires in urban and peri-urban forestry. Combustion of biomass.
Fire prevention techniques and forecasting.
Ecological analysis of environmental degradation. Evaluation of noise and degradation (analysis and forms) related to roads and other infrastructures, urban settlements, industrial areas, mining, landfill, hydro-geological instability of the slopes, coastal erosion, watershed management, fragmentation of the natural environment, tourism, localized and diffuse pollution.
Ecological rehabilitation and recovery: objectives and methodology. The plant material for urban forestry: reproduction, multiplication and improvement; biotechnical characteristics of the plants; use of various herbaceous species, shrubs and trees in the different types of intervention; selection of species to be used.
Methods and techniques for rehabilitation and ecological recovery. Planning and supervision of the restoration activity.
Applications to urban parks of the ​​Lazio region.

Method of examination

  • Written exam

  • Oral exam

 

 References

Guidelines on Urban and periurban Forestry, FAO Book 178, Rome 2016

Urban Forests and Trees, (Konijnendijk, C.C.; Nilsson, K.; Randrup, Th.B.; Schipperijn, J.)

  Springer Verlag, 2005

 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening (International Journal)