Landscape and Urban Ecology - SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Landscape and Urban Ecology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a Campus Master Landscape degree that prepares you for a Architecture career. The purpose of this area of study is to address a range of theoretical and practical applications in landscape and urban ecology as they relate to the practice of landscape architecture . In this contemporary interdisciplinary approach, students will learn about the structure, heterogeneity and ecological processes of a broad range of natural, modified and urban landscapes . People are recognized as an integral part of the landscape and are included as a major focus of research and practice. Students will have an opportunity to develop a theoretical and analytical framework for describing different landscapes and their ecological components from different levels: the individual organism perspective, a population and community point of view, and ultimately at the ecosystem level. Landscape ecology includes an integration of landscape issues: disturbance, fragmentation, landscape manipulation, fundamental ecological processes, composition and structure, and environmental influences. Urban ecology includes integration of climatology, geomorphology and soils, hydrology, plant and animal communities, and ecological engineering and restoration. Both landscape and urban panelsecology are affected by human landscape perceptions, attitudes toward the environment or landscape types, patterns of settlement, and socio-economic issues and behavior. All these elements will be used to develop an understanding of the ecological essence of landscapes in order to design ecologically sustainable settlements that promote human quality of life. There are growing numbers of domestic and international opportunities that address landscape and urban ecology issues in academic, public, private and nontraditional practice. Graduates might be involved in research and consultancy in urban forestry, ecological design, and urban planning. Employment opportunities for landscape ecologists are most frequently with public agencies, while urban ecologists are more often employed in the private sector. This study area is supported by a wide range of electives in other departments at ESF and Syracuse University as well as an urban forestry research program of the U.S. Forest Service based at ESF. View more details on SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Landscape courses.