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2
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ONC
(TWMBA, SPRFLD) & EXT
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1.00
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Sciences
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Nil
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Dr Andy Le Brocque
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Synopsis:
Present
and future Australian decision-makers require an understanding of the
principles of sustainable development. Students in all programs will
benefit from an appreciation of the environmental impact of current land
and resource uses. As options for sustainable land and resource uses
become more constrained, the need for integrated catchment and regional
resource planning, becomes more urgent and more
crucial to Australia's future.
The
course is based on an explanation of ecological principles as a basis for
managing Australia's land and water resources sustainability. The effects
of economic growth and traditional management approaches on land use for
agriculture, mining, forestry, protected areas, water catchments and
urban expansion are analysed and explained. Environmental impacts are
studied and compared economically, ecologically and socially. Current
approaches to land and resource use planning and resource use are
evaluated in terms of their contribution to a sustainable Australian
society. REN3302 Sustainable
Resource Use is an inter-disciplinary inter-faculty course taught by
the Department of Biological & Physical Sciences (Faculty of
Sciences). It is a general course for both science and non-science
undergraduate majors. The course has been designed to provide an in-depth
evaluation of humankind's interaction with the environment at the
regional Australian scale. The material is presented in four distinct, but
closely inter-related modules over the semester (see table below).
Further information can be obtained in
the official Course Specifications for this course available through UConnect.
The official REN3302 Course Specifications
should be checked in all instances.
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