Modern educational requirements are aimed at the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competencies, practical orientation to the requirements of the labour market and the achievement of sustainable development of landscapes. The object of the research is the acquired landscape architecture educational competencies of students and employers' assessment of the competencies in practice. The aim of the study is to investigate the level of specialized educational competencies acquired by landscape architecture students through formal education, to highlight problem areas in the acquisition of professional and general competencies and to adapt curricula and approaches. The main tasks of the research are: systematization of general and specific professional competencies by elements and a specific context, in relation to levels of professional performance; processing information from students and stakeholders from the professional communities about acquired educational competencies in relation to key professional competencies of the landscape architect; analysis of results and recommendations for improving educational resources. The research was conducted through surveys with landscape architecture students and an indicative interview with landscape architecture specialists working in business structures, administrative and management bodies in urban and sub-urban green infrastructure. The questions focus on the necessary competencies of the landscape architect to create sustainable green infrastructure. This article presents a stage of a comprehensive study of the necessary educational competencies to correspond to the competencies for practicing the profession of landscape architect.
Green infrastructure management has social, environmental, and economic significance and is subject to regulation in accordance with sustainable development. Landscape architects play a key role in building and managing different green infrastructure components. The basic research goal in the present study is model-ling the specialized competences of a landscape architect, applying the principles of sustainable development in establishing and manag-ing a highly effective green infrastructure. The study presents the necessary educational competences which should be acquired by the landscape architecture graduates in order to be able to implement the principles of sustainable develop-ment regarding the landscape and the environment.
The ecosystem services provided by forest areas have a direct and indirect impact on the quality of life of people and also increase the well-being of society. The regulatory and water protection function of forests is institutionalized in the European and Bulgarian legislation. In the context of the current crisis in the water sector in Bulgaria there is a need to identify the stakeholder groups involved in the management, protection, control and use of the water ecosystem service. Under the crisis of water management in Bulgaria we understand the reduction of the volume of water resources and difficulties in supplying clean water to the population. Their opinion on the ecosystem of the forest and its water protection function in particular was examined by conducting a survey. The current paper identifies the different stakeholder groups and presents an analysis of the results obtained by means of a questionnaire sent to stakeholders. The results obtained are used as a basis for forming institutional links and managing conflicts in the process of generating, protecting and managing water from its source to the user. The study proved that society makes sense of the connection between the forest and the provision of clean water. Through the study, we succeeded in identifying a major problem related to the incomplete and outdated information on the maintenance of ecosystem services and improvement of the quality of the goods generated from them which is due to the poor communication between institutions coupled with the lack of awareness by the direct responsibilities of various departments and positions. The electronic platform created for the project on the one hand will support the process of information security of the technical mapping of water sources and water protection forests, as well as provide an opportunity for communication with various stakeholders. This will enable a higher information security.
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