PEM 242E - Landscape Ecology

Course Objectives

1. To provide the concepts of ecology and landscape ecology
2. To research the role of ecological factors on landscape design
3. To discuss the ecological problems and the measures

Course Description

Concepts of ecology and landscape ecology. Ecological factors. Definitions, ecological importance and functions of the climatic, topographic, soil, and biotic factors. Harmful ecological factors formed by human beings and their impacts on the landscape. Definitions of air, water, soil, radiation, noise pollution. Pollution's ecological importance and its interaction with landscape elements.