{"c_title":"[942.631] Environmental Conservation and Management","c_info":"2 credits | Lecture\/Seminar | Master | Dept. of Landscape Architecture","c_summary":"This course will help students understand the properties and fundamentals of environmental destruction and problems resulting from economic development and urbanization. Students will study the methodologies of environmental conservation and management. Topics will cover the conservation of man-made environments including urban ecosystems, urban landscape, historical landscape, and urban historic buildings; and natural environments such as river watersheds, coastal zones, nature and rural landscape, and management of lakes. The focus of the course will be on planning and design techniques as well as environment management methodologies."}