Urban Greening: Planning, Design and Delivery - Professional/ShortCourse

Program Overview

This course at UWE Bristol explores urban greening as a process for increasing vegetation in urban areas through green infrastructure. It covers planning, design, and delivery of green infrastructure elements, with a focus on environmental quality, health and wellbeing, and climate change adaptation. The course includes face-to-face teaching, exercises, and workshops, and is assessed through a written report on green infrastructure critique and enhancement proposals.

Program Outline

It covers the following topics:

• Definitions of key terms like green and blue infrastructure, natural capital, ecosystem services, and nature-based solutions.
• Benefits of urban greening in terms of environmental quality, health and wellbeing, and adaptation to climate change.
• Evidence from different disciplinary traditions related to urban greening.
• Planning of green infrastructure at different spatial scales.
• Design of green infrastructure elements in new and existing places.
• Delivery and long-term maintenance of green infrastructure elements.

Structure:

• The course comprises five study days of face-to-face teaching spread over 11 weeks.
• These sessions include lectures, tutorials, exercises, and workshops.
• Learning materials and lecture recordings are accessible through VLEs.

Modules:

This course consists of one module focusing on "Urban Greening: Planning, Design and Delivery."

Assessment:

• The module assessment involves a written report split into two tasks:
• An evidence-based critique of the green infrastructure in a chosen neighborhood.
• A proposal outlining enhancements to the green infrastructure.

Teaching:

• Five days of face-to-face teaching delivered by experts in the field.
• A variety of teaching formats including lectures, tutorials, exercises, and workshops.
• Learning materials and lecture recordings available through VLEs.

Other:

• Participants are expected to have a first degree at 2.2 level or above (or equivalent) or industrial experience.

Course fees All prices are VAT exempt. CohortFebruary 2024 UK participants£1,156

International participants£1,969

• Fees displayed are based on 2023/24 entry and are an indication only.