794-264 Historic & Environmental Management

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Hard and Soft Landscape Materials, Management of Park Resources.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to extend the participant's ability to:

• recognise the diverse recreational needs of contemporary society;

• demonstrate an understanding of the design and planning of park systems;

• demonstrate the role of interpretation in the management of public open space;

• describe the management and provision of children's playgrounds in public open space;

• describe the history, philosophy and synopsis of horticultural therapy;

• describe the factors that determine the supply of recreational opportunities;

• appreciate how planning can be used to facilitate environmental protection.

The content includes: Public open space design; design and provision of children's play and other specific uses.

Background and philosophy of horticultural therapy, client groups and forms of disability, landscape design and plant selection for therapy programs; interpretation in public open space; planning and managing recreational opportunities.

Assessment

Assignment and seminar presentation 100% (project based).