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Plants and the Urban Environment

  • HORT90003
  • Contact Hours: 48 hours comprising lectures, practical classes and field trips
    Total Time Commitment: 120 hours
  • 12.50
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This subject explores the relationship between the urban environment and the plants that grow in urban landscapes. It examines how urbanisation alters the physical and climatic environment of cities and the influence of these changes on urban vegetation and the ecosystem services they provide. Topics include: the origin, ecology and characteristics of remnant, spontaneous and designed vegetation in cities, the effects of urbanisation on climate, air, water and soils, the response of plants and animals to these changes, and the use of plants in living roofs and walls and water-sensitive urban design. -- Course Website

Prerequisites: None



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