Research Report – The impact of soil filling on health and growth of trees

Research Report – The impact of soil filling on health and growth of trees

EFLA Engineering and Iceland’s forest service have recently completed a study of the effects of deep soil in tree root areas, i.e. the influence of soil depth on the health and growth of trees.
The aim of the study, performed by  EFLA Engineering in collaboration with Iceland’s forest service, Iceland’s  Landscape contractors association and the Reykjavik [...]

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Risikotræer

Risikotræer

“Med udgivelse af en håndbog om risikotræer opfyldes et længe næret ønske blandt de grønne forvaltninger i Danmark. Bogen skal både være med at forhindre ulykker med træer og sikre, at træer beskyttes og bevares længst muligt.
Alle træejere skal føre tilsyn med deres træer, især store gamle træer langs veje, for at sikre at de [...]

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Green City Europe – for a better life in European Cities

Green City Europe – for a better life in European Cities

GREEN CITY is a European initiative. Its aim is to improve the quality of life in the cities by more public and private green spaces. Green spaces have a lot of positive effects – for example concerning the well-being of people, the social co-existence in the society and the environment. These positive impacts are [...]

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Green roofs in urban areas

Green roofs in urban areas

Green roof seminar in Helsinki, October 2011
Background & Main questions
(text from: http://www.luomus.fi/english/botany/research/greenroofs/ )
Green roofs could essentially improve the living environment in cities, as they can easily be anticipated to produce regulating, provisioning and cultural ecosystem services such as improvement of microclimate, balancing of hydrological cycle, CO2 sequestration, habitat provision, active [...]

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Renovering af bytræer – Reykjavik, Island

Renovering af bytræer – Reykjavik, Island

Popplerne bliver skifted ud med sorbus.
I Reykjavik midtby har kommunen started at skifte de store poppler ud med mindre og “rodvenligre” arter. Nuværende poppler (Populus trichocarpa) har ikke det nødvendige plads for rodudvikling og vækst. Rødderne har voksed under belægninger med tilhørende liftning af brosten og belægningssten. Derfor har kommunen beslutted at fjerne træerne, rådklumpen [...]

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New EQF based Learning Outcomes in Landscape construction

New EQF based Learning Outcomes in Landscape construction

The project idea was to utilise thoroughly the substantial and unique practical experience of the members of the three national landscape construction (LC) professional associations (ENT-PROFS), active members of the partnership, to investigate and compare course material and text material in LC VET in the Nordic countries and other European countries.
The connection to VET institutes [...]

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Curriculum in Landscape Construction and Maintenance

Curriculum in Landscape Construction and Maintenance

This curriculum describes the vocational education in Stone construction and Landscape care, in all 4 modules, i.e. 2 modules in Stone construction and 2 modules in Landscape care.  The curriculum is designed to fulfil the requirements of the landscape construction industry for knowledge and skills of general workers in the areas of vegetation and surface [...]

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Møte i Nettverk for Blågrønne byer tir 8.nov kl 12-16

Møte i Nettverk for Blågrønne byer tir 8.nov kl 12-16

Faglige innlegg:

ExFlood-prosjektet, planleggingsverktøy for overvannshåndtering av Jannes Stolte seniorforsker ved Bioforsk
Regnbed i kaldt klima, håndtering av veisalt, snø, lav temperatur av Kim Paus, PhD kandidat NTNU.
Vannteknikk og samarbeid på tvers av faggrenser Oddvar Lindholm professor, bygg og miljøteknikk, UMB
Eksempler på håndtering av forurenset overvann og FoU behov av Trond Mæhlum, forskningssjef ved Bioforsk
Gruppearbeid om synlighet [...]

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Bytræseminar – Torsdag den 17.11.2011 på LIFE

Bytræseminar – Torsdag den 17.11.2011 på LIFE

Det årlige Bytræseminar trækker hvert år en bred skare af fagligt engagerede personer inden for planlægning, plantning og pleje af bytræer.
Bytræseminaret behandler aktuelle og generelle emner og tager i år endnu en gang fat i den beskæring, der er afgørende nødvendig for, at træer kan udvikle sig som nødvendigt i byen. Dette års Bytræseminar inddrager praktiske erfaringer fra [...]

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