Undergraduate - UnitATS3554 - Resource evaluation and management

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Human Geography
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Christian Kull

Notes

Previously coded GES3350

Synopsis

National and international conflicts over the use of natural resources, eg. rainforest destruction, land degradation, pressure on water supplies and common property resources. Analysis of resource disputes, including socio-political aspects and debate over causes and trajectories. Different management approaches used to solve environmental problems, e.g. role of the state, communities, protected areas, and indigenous people.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this unit will be expected to:

Analyze the theoretical and empirical bases of resource management issues
Appreciate the complex, intertwined nature of ecological, social, and political factors underlying resource management issues
Recognize, apply, and distinguish between the main explanatory theories
Be able to construct analytical arguments relevant to resource management issues in good quality writing.