| 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. |
| Assessment |
This comprises a three-hour end-of–semester examination (40 per cent) and three paired assignments (20 per cent each).
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) |
Assistant Professor 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
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| Unit web page |
http://webct.uwa.edu.au/ (only for enrolled students)
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]
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| Text | |
Randolph, J. Environmental Land Use Planning and Management: Island Press 2004 |
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- Books and other materials 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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