| Module Identifier |
EA20110 |
| Module Title |
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT |
| Academic Year |
2005/2006 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Sarah J Davies |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Other staff |
Professor Alex Maltman, Professor David Kay, Dr Neil Macdonald, Dr Nicholas J G Pearce |
| Pre-Requisite |
GG10610 |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 9 x 2 hours |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours Written examination. | 60% |
| Semester Assessment | Essay: In-course assessed essay to be submitted by the end of week 9. | 40% |
| Supplementary Assessment | 2 hour written examination (60%); In-course assessment marks to be carried forward: 40%. | |
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Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of
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the issues confronting management of the physical environment
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specific examples of ways in which systems are managed
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the interplay of physical processes and anthropogenic activity
Aims
The module provides an introduction to aspects of the management of geological and geomorphological systems. The course covers a wide range of issues associated with specific problems at various spatial scales.
Content
This course covers a broad range of topics concerned with the theme of managing geomorphological and geological systems.
1. Historical attitudes to nature and the environment.
2. Strategies for the disposal of municipal and hazardous wastes
3. Aspects of the conservation of important Earth Science sites
4. Arid land management
5. Examples of environments requiring specific forms of management (e.g. Karst landscapes, loess landscapes)
6. Management of water quality.
Reading Lists
Journals
** Recommended Text
Clark, M.J. (2002) Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. Dealing with uncertainty: adaptive approaches to sustainable river management.
12, 347-363..
Downs, P.W. and Thorne, C.R. (2000) Journal of Environmental Management Rehabilitation of a lowland river: Reconciling flood defence and habitat diversity and geomorphological sustainability.
58 (4): 249-268..
Eden, S. Tunstall, S.M. and Tapsell, S.M. (1999) Area Environmental restoration: environmental management or environmental threat.
31 (2), 151-159..
Kondolf, G.M. (1997) Environmental Management Hungry water: Effects of dams and gravel mining on river channels.
21 (4), 533-551.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5