ECC4540

History of economy and environment

(BUS)

Associate Professor Tony Dingle

7 points + 3-hour lecture per week + First semester + Clayton

Synopsis: An historical overview of environmental change resulting from human agency. How different economic systems have used the physical environment as a resource base, and the consequences of various patterns of use. A brief study of the economic-environmental relationships found in hunter-gatherer, agrarian and industrial economies is followed by a more extended examination of environmental change and attempts at environmental management in Australia during the last century and a half. Controversies over land use, pollution and the quality of life in Victoria since the 1960s.

Assessment: Written (3000-word essay): 40% + Class papers: 20% + Examination (2 hours): 40%