207-296 Urban Tree Management

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207-296 Urban Tree Management
Credit Points	12.5
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	Twenty-four hours of lectures, 20 hours of practicals/seminars and 4 hour field trip
Subject Description	This subject aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of the care and management of trees in urban settings. The content will include tree anatomy and structure, tree growth and function, tree selection principles and examples, tree root systems, tree pathology and health, methods of tree assessment and evaluation, tree protection strategies, planning and management issues and case-studies (including surveys, location mapping, inventories and protection strategies) and an introduction to safe arboricultural work practices.
Assessment	One written assignment equivalent to 3000 words (50%) due mid-semester, a seminar presentation of 10 minutes duration due during the semester (20%), and two reports equivalent to 1000 words (30%).
Prescribed Texts	R W Harris, J R Clark and N P Mathony, Arboriculture: Integrated Management of Landscape Trees Shrubs and Vines. Prentice-Hall, 2004.

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