By Prof. Dr. Elke Mertens
The realization that green and open spaces must be permanently maintained after their creation and that this maintenance must be financed has increasingly led to offers in this area at universities.
The spectrum ranges from guest lectures to the expansion of modules on plant use and stand-alone modules on green space management to degree courses called landscape construction or landscape architecture and green space management. The trend seems to be to embed care even further into curricula.
Universities are responding to current demands, and implementation generally takes a few years. For one thing, curricula need to be changed. This is most likely to happen when colleagues are newly appointed, accreditations are pending. Changes to existing study and examination regulations usually go through several offices in the university and, depending on the degree of change, possibly also the responsible office of the higher-level ministry or senate administration.
Amended study and examination regulations also only affect newly enrolling students, so that at least three, more likely four, or up to a Master's degree five years are waited until the first graduates are "on the market" and able to complete the tasks. Thus, because of these processes and legal entitlements, change efforts do not become effective for the professional community and society until years after the initial deliberations at the universities.
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