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EART3304 Environmental Planning, Management and Sustainability [UG]


The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
 
Credit: 6 points  Availability: Semester 2 (see Timetable) Old unit code: 060.304
 
Outcomes: Students are able to understand the history and current state of environmental planning in Australia, Western Australia and the rest of the world; demonstrate an understanding of how concepts of planning, management and sustainability are applied both in Australia and internationally; and conduct research that applies the theories and concepts of environmental planning, management and sustainability to an environmental issue.
 
Content: This unit introduces the underlying concepts of environmental planning, management and sustainability. The history and current state of environmental planning and management is explored, with a focus on contemporary issues facing both Western Australia and the world. The lecture series provides a conceptual and applied background from which students conduct independent research on a variety of topics concerning environmental planning and management. These topics include but are not limited to: biodiversity, natural and technological hazards (including climate change), land degradation, pollution, sustainability, and water resources. The unit emphasises an understanding of the socioeconomic issues relating to the environment as well as wider human–environment interactions, connections and impacts. In this context, students are able to demonstrate understanding of the relationship between the sciences and social sciences; develop a working knowledge of a number of biophysical and social issues; understand the role of spatial relationships in sustainable development, including those that affect developing nations; and research and analyse particular aspects of environmental sustainability, planning and management in a topic of special interest to the student in a critically rigorous and independent manner.

This unit places a strong emphasis on project-based learning. The lecture and tutorial series provides grounding in the theory and practice of environmental planning, management and sustainability, which students apply to a real-world research project.
 
Assessment: This comprises a two-hour end-of–semester examination (30 per cent), tutorial assignments (30 per cent) and a research project comprising a group proposal (10 per cent) and a group project presentation (30 per cent).

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course.
 
Unit Co-ordinator(s): Dr Bryan Boruff
Location: UWA (Crawley)
Mode: on-campus

Unit Rules:
Prerequisites: completion of 48 points
Incompatibility: 060.222 Geographic Aspects of Sustainability 222
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; workshops/tutorials: 2 hrs per week


Unit Web Page: http://webct.uwa.edu.au/ (only for enrolled students)
Note: Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2009.
 

Text

Randolph, J. Environmental Land Use Planning and Management: Island Press 2004


Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au/). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
 
Books and other material wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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