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ATS2548

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 29 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitSustainability Environment and Society
OfferedClayton First semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Bruce Missingham

Notes

Previously coded GES2460

Synopsis

This unit provides an introduction to different perspectives and issues that influence environmental policy and management. It examines the rise of environmentalism as a broad based movement and how it has led to the framing of environmental problems by policy makers and managers in terms of state regulation, market-based, and citizen participation approaches. Themes include western ideas of property rights, neoliberalism and environmental governance, scientization of environmental knowledge, Indigenous environmental management, internationalisation of environmental policy and corporate environmentalism.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will:

  1. Understand how environmental policy-making and management is positioned within governance structures and broader social and political contexts.
  2. Understand the main approaches to policy and management
  3. Understand the geographical relationship between environmental issues, policy and management across local, national, international, and global levels
  4. Understand the strengths and limitations of scientific knowledge in environmental policy and management

Assessment

Essay: 40%
Tutorials presentation: 25%
Tutorial paper: 25%
Participation in tutorials: 10%
Total assessment: = 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Bruce Missingham

Contact hours

One 1-hour lecture per week and
One 2-hour tutorial per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Sustainability, environment and society
Geography and environmental science (ARTS)
Geographical science
Climate change and society
Land and water management
Urban, regional and international development

Prerequisites

A first-year sequence in Geography and Environmental Science, or permission

Prohibitions

ENV2011, ATS3548