MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
GES1000
Natural environment and human impact
Mr S Legg
6 points + 4 hours per week + First semester + Clayton
Synopsis This subject investigates the nature and impact of human
activities on the natural environment. The course comprises three sections. The
first considers basic geographic and ecological principles influencing global
environmental processes. The second examines a range of major environmental
problems ranging from the management of natural resources to specific human
impacts at the global, national and local levels. The third section deals with
a range of management responses including selected areas of environmental
economics, law and politics.
Assessment Written: 30% + Examinations (2 hours): 50% + Practical work:
20%
Prescribed text
- Miller G T Living in the environment: Concepts, problems and
alternatives Wadsworth, 1994
Recommended texts
- Aplin G and others Global environmental crises: An Australian
perspective OUP, 1995
- Goudie A The human impact Blackwell, 1994
- Mercer D A question of balance. Natural resources conflict issues in
Australia Federation Press, 1995
- O'Riordan T Environmental science for environmental management
Longmans, 1995
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