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 206-323 Sustainable Catchments

Availability

Burnley campus.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Dr Ruth Beilin

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

2 hrs lecture, 1 tutorial/fieldwork oriented per week

Subject Description

The objectives of this unit are intended to extend the participant's ability to assess and manage issues relating to:

  • systems approach to regional land management affecting soil and water use and conservation;

  • management of conflicting values relating to natural resource production systems within catchment areas;

  • and analysis of physical and socio-economic implications for catchment management.

Content

The topics covered in this unit include:

  • a background in systems thinking;

  • sustainability;

  • implications for national and regional biodiversity;

  • and the political, geological and ecological implications for catchment management.

Assessment

A three-hour examination (50%) and two assignments equivalent to 3000 words (each 25%).

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