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Environmental and Resource Management

GEOS2121

This unit of study explores cultural constructions of nature and resources, the evolution of environmental thought, and the debates surrounding sustainable development and climate change. It integrates environmental, economic, cultural and social considerations in respect to natural resource management in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. The environmental considerations extend to an understanding of climatic responses over the long term that provide constraints on resource management today, and how these responses are projected to vary in future. These environmental constraints include air, land, vegetation and water resources and are examined in relation to current issues driving contemporary debate on the politics of climate change that must now be considered in environmental management. These concepts and principles are reinforced through the analysis of real-world data from the Hunter Valley of NSW ñ a region rich in resources with many stakeholders that hold differing, sometimes contrary perceptions of environmental and resource management. The unit of study enables students to learn about the social, cultural and environmental considerations that must be taken into account when developing and implementing environmental and resource management policies in an increasingly congested ëmarketplace of ideas'.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Intermediate

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 2

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: GEOS2121

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes

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