Module Identifier |
BSM0610 |
Module Title |
SUSTAINABILITY AND STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT |
Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
Co-ordinator |
Professor Peter Wathern |
Semester |
Semester 1 |
Other staff |
, Professor Peter Wathern |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 15 Hours 15 x 1 hour |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 5 Hours Seminar. 5 x 1 hour Sustainability |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Assessment | Assignment: Sustainability | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Essay | |
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Further details |
http://www.aber.ac.uk/environment |
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
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Gather salient information and evaluate and present the analysis concisely and to a deadline (formative assessment and assignment)
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Prepare for seminar discussions (formative assessment)
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Give oral presentations competently (formative assessment)
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Explain the importance of sustainability in a decision-making context (formative assessment and assignment)
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Explain how Strategic Environmental Assessment can help to achieve sustainability (formative assessment and assignment).
Aims
With this module we aim to make sure that you:
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understand the concept of sustainability and are aware that it has its basis in international agreement but affects our everyday lives
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appreciate some of the tools which we can use to plan for sustainability
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feel comfortable with browsing the World Wide Web and using Microsoft Powerpoint for presentations.
To provide an introduction to the nature and purpose of economics and the contribution that economics can make to the
analysis of environmental issues and the formulation of environmental policies.
Content
We will look at the history and concept of sustainability and its development at the international level. At a national level, governments are increasingly committing themselves to sustainability and at a local level community groups and local government are starting to develop plans to ensure that local development is sustainable. So we will discuss sustainability at both these levels as well. One tool being used to help determine what is sustainable is Strategic Environmental Assessment. This is the environmental assessment of policies, plans and programmes and we will explore it in detail and see how it fits in with the needs of sustainability at the local and global levels.
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Local Government Management Board (1995) Local Agenda 21: Principles and Process: A step by Step Guide
Local Government Management Boards, Luton 0748896899
Local Government Management Board (1994) Community Participation in Local Agenda 21
Local Government Management Board, London X801689995
Pearce, D (ed) (1993) Blueprint 3: Measuring Sustainable Development
Earthscan, London 18353831832
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (1996) A Step by Step Guide to Environmental Appraisal
RSPB, Sandy X801465078
Therivel, R., Wilson, E., Thompson, S., Heaney, D & Pritchard, D. (1992) Strategic Environmental Assessment
Earthscan Publications Ltd 1-85383-146-6
Therivel, R., & Partidario, M R (1996) The Practice of Strategic Environmental Assessment
Earthscan Publications Ltd 1-853883-373-8
Department of Environment (1994) Environment Appraisal of Development Plans : A Good Practice Guide
HMSO, London 0117528668
Kuik, O & K. Verbruggen (eds). (1991) In Search of Indicators of Sustainable Development
Kluwer Academic Publishers, London 079231249X
Lafferty, W & K. Eckerberg (eds) (1998) From the Earth Summit to Local Agenda 21 : Working Towards Sustainable Development
Earthscan, London 1853835471
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7