Diseño conceptual de jardín botánico “Palmetum del Mundo” en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos

Abstract

Landscaping is an area of professional knowledge that currently warrants its recognition and a higher profile in the planning and management of a natural and urban territory, especially in industrial developing countries. Venezuela needs a higher number of specialists in this area with academic and practical training, however, only the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Central University of Venezuela, offers appropriate courses within its wide range of undergraduate, specialization and master's degrees. Given that the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Sciences of the University of Los Andes, is the only one of its kind in the country and has more than sixty years of history, in addition to a multiplicity of experts in the different areas of science and technology in the forestry and environmental sector, a course on Landscaping and Arboriculture was recently created within the Department of Forests of the School of Forest Engineering of the aforementioned institution. This will lay the methodological foundations, as well as the integration and exchange of knowledge between different highly qualified professionals in the areas of urban planning, architecture, forestry, civil engineering, among others. It is a hope for the future to increase the possibilities of employment of these professionals graduating from the University of Los Andes and, with it, promoting the creation of specialized private companies that manage and improve the urban landscape of Venezuelan cities. In the cities, the road networks, parks, squares, residential developments, hotels and businesses, among others, lack good landscaping and arboriculture initiatives. Therefore, in order to integrate the knowledge of the academics involved, it was agreed to initiate the conceptual academic work of the landscaping and arboriculture subject with the development of a proposal for the Botanical Garden Palmetum of the World in the United Arab Emirates, which is an example of urban and architectural development, with cities like Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and where impressive tourist infrastructures of a unique nature have been built.