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Note: Students are strongly advised to have successfully completed both 705-181 Human Ecology and 705-182 Human Settlement or equivalent.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: To be advised
Contact: Three hours of lectures and tutorials a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
At the conclusion of the subject students should:
- have explored the philosophical and ethical basis of environmental planning and management;
- have explored the inherent tension between the need to develop but also preserve and conserve the earth's resources;
- understand the need for an integrated approach to conservation and development;
- have explored the way in which both development and conservation can be accommodated in resource allocation decisions.
Content:
The theoretical basis for environmental planning: notions of conservation, preservation, sustainability and stewardship. Environmental philosophy and ethics. The politics of the environment. Environmental lobbying and power. The conservation movement. Tension between conservation/development. Environmental constraints on development.
Assessment:
Written assignments totalling not more than 4,500 words and a 2-hour examination.
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (Volume 4 page 42)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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