Course code MežZ2027
Credit points 2.25
Landscaping
Total Hours in Course60
Date of course confirmation08.11.2011
Responsible UnitInstitute of Forest Management
Course developer
Ilze Jankovska
Dr. silv.
Course abstract
The main task of course paper is to obtain the practical skills in designing of afforestation and forest's edge, to plan the routes in existing forest landscape for different target groups.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
Knowledge: to use the methods of landscaping in design of forest's edge, to represent it; to define the goals for afforestation and routes. Skills: to choose the appropriate solutions for afforestation and forest edge's landscape, to calculate the amount of finances and to prepare the list of species. Competence: to base the solution of chosen landscape design of afforestation and forest's edge; to gain the connection between current forest landscape and planning of routes in dependence on target group.
Compulsory reading
1. Bels S., Nikodemus O. Rokas grāmata meža ainavas plānošanai un dizainam. Rīga: Valsts Meža dienests, 2000. 76 lpp.
2. Robinson N. The Planting Design Handbook. Ashgate Publishing Company, 2004.
3. Bell S., Apostol D. Designing Sustainainable Forest Landscapes. Taylor & Francis, 2008.
4. Konijnendijk C., Nilsson K., Randrup T.B., Schipperijn J., Urban Forests and Trees, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.
Further reading
1. Konijnendijk C., Nilsson K., Randrup T.B., Schipperijn J., Urban Forests and Trees, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
2. Emsis I., Tuktēns J. Atpūtas mežu labiekārtošana un atveseļošana. Rīga: Lat ZTIZPI, 1988. 64 lpp.