Managing Urban Green Space

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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This subject will provide students with an understanding of how to manage urban green space. Students will study policy, planning and process issues, community consultation, structures, systems and contractual relationships, landscape documentation, project planning and implementation, life-cycle analysis of landscape elements, urban vegetation planning, implementation and maintenance, sustainability concepts and examples.

At the conclusion of the subject students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the key management issues in urban green space; discuss life-cycle issues of such green spaces; analyse and interpret policy and planning matters; describe planning, implementation and maintenance approaches for urban vegetation; interpret documentation used in urban landscape management; define consultative models, management structures and systems used in urban green space and discuss the role of project management in green space.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.