Biodiversity in Urban Space (EaD)

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Learning Outcomes

Objetives of CU

Students are expected to deepen their understanding of the concepts, values and threats to biodiversity, ecosystem services, as well as biodiversity management initiatives and tools in urban space available to local governments.
It is intended that this knowledge be applied to the development of a work / project, of an exploratory, applied nature.

 

Competences to be developed by the student:

C1.Identifying the concepts and values of biodiversity;

C2. Identifying the threats to biodiversity and conservation problems;

C3. Describe strategies and legal instruments and policies for biodiversity conservation at national and international level, particularly in urban context;

C4. Applying acquired knowledge to the development of a assignment (applied and/or exploratory nature), relating to the curricular unit contents, presented as written assignments and poster.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Biodiversity: Concepts, values and threats.
2. Ecosystem Services.
3. The management of urban biodiversity: Tools and initiatives.

Assessment Methods

Continuous assessment
This unit adopts the continuous assessment model, and the final classification of the trainees is the result of the work developed throughout the course (namely, participation in forums and the performance of evaluation activities). The final classification of each student will be expressed in a scale of 0 - 20 points: 100.0%

Bibliography

-TEEB – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (2011). TEEB Manual for Cities: Ecosystem Services in Urban Management.  HYPERLINK "http://www.teebweb.org/"www.teebweb.org

-Chan et al (EDs) (2014) User’s Manual on the Singapore Index on Cities’ Biodiversity (also known as the City Biodiversity Index). Singapore: National Parks Board, Singapore.

-Outra bibliografia a ser disponibilizada online / Other bibliography to be available online.