62111 LAND USE - DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION

FACULTY OF SCIENCES 2001

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Credit Points 1.00

Pre-requisite: 62221/62114

Synopsis

The  unit  is  based on an explanation of ecological principles  as  a
basis  for  Australia's land and water resources  sustainability.  The
effects of population growth and traditional management approaches  on
land  use for agriculture, mining, forestry, water catchments, tourism
and  residential  expansion are analysed and explained.  Environmental
impacts  are  studied  and  compared  economically,  ecologically  and
socially. Current approaches to land use planning and resource use are
evaluated  in terms of their contribution to a sustainable  Australian
society.