UNSW Handbook Course - Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment - GEOH9011


	Faculty: Faculty of the Built Environment
	School: Built Environment Geography
	Contact: Sammut,Jesmond
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 4
	Offered: Semester 1 2005
	Fee Band: 2

Description

Environmental planning legislation and decision making processes in Australia with special reference to NSW. The content and structure of Environmental Impact Statements and the stages in the granting of development consent. Approaches to EIA with reference to the assessment of impacts on the natural, social and economic environments. Case studies exemplifying procedures, techniques, methods, and issues. Trends in EIA in Australia and selected other countries.

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