Natural environment and human impact
Mr S Legg
6 points * 4 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
This subject describes and accounts for the interdependence between the physical and human dimensions of the environment. An examination is made of past and present pressures on global systems - the oceans, atmosphere, forests, croplands and grasslands - and policy responses to environmental degradation and resource depletion are analysed. The issues are examined at the global, national and state levels.
Assessment
Written: 30% * Examinations (2 hours): 50% * Practical work: 20%
Recommended texts
Goudie A The human impact Blackwell, 1994
Heathcote R L and Mabbutt J A (eds) Land, water and people Allen and Unwin, 1988
Miller G T Living in the environment: Concepts, problems and alternatives Wadsworth, 1994
Raven P H, Berg L R and Johnson G B, Environment (International edn) Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993