Soils, landscape and their management
Associate Professor Paul Bishop and Mr Geoff Goldrick
12 points * 5 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: GES2130 * Two 1-hour lectures and a 3-hour practical
This subject builds on GES2130 to explore in greater depth the relationships of soil materials to the landscape, the processes responsible for their development, and the issues associated with their management. Students are presented with a number of soil use and management issues, and explore the causes of these issues and their potential solutions in the light of the concepts of ecologically sustainable development and integrated catchment management. Discussion is also concentrated upon land capability assessment and other management issues in a small catchment in Victoria.
Assessment
Written (6000 words): 40% * Examinations (2 hours): 30% * Practical work/Fieldwork: 30%
Prescribed texts
McDonald R C and others Australian soil and land survey - field handbook 2nd edn, Inkata Press, 1990