• Semester 1 (External)

Synopsis

Environmental  management  is about the management  of  both  physical
problems and a political debate. Environmentalism is based on a  range
of  philosophical and economic ideas and those ideas are now  part  of
the  mainstream  political debate. In this unit, students  will  learn
about  the  background to environmental ideas, and about  the  various
aspects  of  environmental politics. This leads to some discussion  of
why governments take certain decisions with regard to the environment,
how  business  people  respond to those  decisions,  and  what  policy
options could be considered to resolve conflict over the environment.