Introduction into the management and maintenance of urban green spaces and the development of management plans. The importance of developing management plans for green spaces, their content and structure. Knowledge of the principles and methodologies for managing green spaces. Analyse the interrelationship between design, materials, construction details and maintenance costs. Criteria for the selection and specification of plants. Development of techniques and methods for establishing and managing vegetation in urban green spaces (parks, squares, tree avenues, pedestrianized areas, roof gardens, road islets, embankment) and archaeological sites. Assessment of the safety of large sized trees, methods for assessing tree health, pruning - climbing methods, transplantation of large sized trees. Management of water resources and approach for sustainable management of urban green spaces. Main pests (insects, mites, nematodes, rodents) and diseases of ornamental plants and turf of urban green spaces. Description of the symptoms, cause, biology and ecology of pests and pathogens as well as the epidemiology and contemporary methods of management. Main weed species in anthropogenic environments, archaeological sites, turf, and aquatic environments. Biology, ecology and adaptation. Invasive species. Application of “early identification and immediate response to exotic species” system. Phytosanitary regulations and rules. Sustainable management of weeds, import prevention, immediate eradication and control, and application of physical and mechanic means of weed management. Targeted application of herbicides.
The Faculty of Crop Science of the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), was founded in June 1989 (Official Journal of the Hellenic Republic Νο. 166Α΄/16-6-1989) it is the first University Faculty of Crop Science founded in Greece
