Amenity Tree Assessment and Management

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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The aim of the subject is to provide students with a thorough understanding of the assessment and management of individual and groups of trees in urban settings. Students will evaluate and compare methods of tree assessment. Students should gain an appreciation of the complexities of tree management for amenity sites.

Topics to be studied are:

• the evaluation and comparison of methods of tree assessment including the visual tree assessment (VTA) method;

• the evaluation and comparison of methods for the detection of decay and structural defects in trees;

• an appraisal of the management of amenity trees for different purposes, for example, street trees, historically significant trees, trees on private properties, trees in various other types of public open spaces;

• an appraisal of the management of amenity trees with different structural forms and anatomy, for example dicotyledonous trees versus monocotyledonous trees, decurrent versus excurrent trees;

• an appraisal of the management and protection of the roots of trees with different structural forms and tolerances;

• an evaluation of tree pathology and tree health problems in a wide range of amenity trees and sites;

• tree selection principles as applied to street trees, private properties and public open spaces; and

• an appraisal of safe arboricultural work practices and advanced techniques for gaining access to the canopies of trees.

Prescribed Texts:

• Arboriculture: Integrated Management of Landscape Trees Shrubs and Vines (R W Harris, J R Clark and N P Matheny), Prentice Hall, 2004

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

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