Admission Requirements
B. Sc. Degree preferably in one of the following areas: Agricultural Science, Natural Science, and Environmental Engineering.
Good Knowledge of Italian or English

Learning Outcomes
The course has the general purpose of letting the student control the elements of planning and design related to green systems and infrastructures in urban or regional areas.
- Acquisition of essential elements of the theory of complex systems and modeling;
- Ability linked to spatial representation, ecosystem services evaluation, and management of landscape resources
- Ability to use software for the analysis, management, and sharing of spatial information
- Ability to read and interpret the Landscape Plans at different geographical scales
- Acquisition of knowledge of methodologies and tools for the development of a systemic approach to solving problems and achieving objectives relating to interventions for the protection, transformation, and enhancement of the landscape
- acquisition of knowledge of the design criteria for the main constituent elements of a public green area (functions, shapes, rules, services, furniture, earthmoving, roads, lighting)
- acquisition of knowledge of the general guidelines that should guide a participatory design of a public green area

Programme
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT TOOLS
Legislative competence in matters of territorial government; framework of territorial governance instruments at different scales and within the competence of the various territorial bodies; general and sector planning; consensual tools for territorial governance
LANDSCAPE PLANNING
Evolution of the approach to landscape planning from the first laws on the protection of natural beauty, to the ecosystem approach, to the landscape as a European common good; Code of cultural heritage and landscape and Landscape Plans
GREEN PLANS
Green infrastructure network; urban green system; ecosystem services provided by urban greenery; Census of urban green areas, Plan Documents, and Green Regulations
METHODS AND TOOLS FOR A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO LANDSCAPE PLANNING
Challenges related to landscape planning and decision support tools and methods: non-linear approaches based on performance, construction of tangible and intangible networks, management of uncertainty, recognition of emerging properties at different spatial scales, participatory planning paths, reading of connections space between the variables of a system and their relations with variables external to it
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Landscape as a complex system; types and functions of urban and functional green areas; guidelines for the design of open spaces and infrastructural appurtenances; principles of visual design; vertical greening systems; green infrastructures for rainwater management

References
- Zimmermann A., 2015. Planning Landscape, Birkhauser
- D.Tal, 2009. Google SketchUP for Site Design: a guide to modelling site plans, terrain and architecture, Wiley
Based on the objectives and study area of the project addressed from year to year, the teachers add material and slides to be studied or consulted within their webpages

Teaching Methodology
The teaching is organized with:
- Lectures in the classroom to explain the key concepts with the help of audio and video material
- Collaborative lessons where students research positive and critical experiences of spatial planning and green design and learn to discuss them in class
- Seminars with external experts

Each year teachers develop a planning and design process for greenery and landscape valorization in a study area, with practical lessons in the classroom and the field. In this regard, during the lessons, the students:
- they navigate in groups within the reference repositories of the territorial government plans to understand the forecasts and prescriptions regarding their study area at different scales
- manage face-to-face and/or online tools to involve the community interested in the case study addressed in the current year
- use collaborative tools to produce cartographic and textual documents
- use the available databases and the observations in the field to produce a technical project report.

Language of the Curriculum and Course
Italian

ECTS Credits
The Master Degree in "Sustainable Agriculture" lasts two years and includes 120 ECTS. This course is in the first semester of the second year (11 ECTS 2-3 months) for students of the "Territory and Landscape” curriculum.

Examination Methodology
The learning outcomes are assessed by asking for a final paper produced independently or in a group about a landscape and green design. The paper consists of an illustrative technical report, accompanied by a three-dimensional model, relating to an agreed design with the teacher and subsequently in an oral test. The oral exam consists of a discussion of about 60 minutes to ascertain the contribution made by each student to the above design and ascertain the levels of knowledge and processing skills reached by the student on the theoretical and methodological contents indicated in the program. The oral exam also allows the evaluation of students' communication skills, an indispensable tool for any future designer.

Relevance
The course aims to develop the abilities of students to analyze, delimit and assess the complex spatial needs of modern communities with an interdisciplinary approach and build collaborative and adaptive green system designs for sustainable landscape management and development