UNSW Handbook Course - The Human Environment

The Human Environment - ENVS2030


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences
	Contact: Shaw,Wendy Susan
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 4
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: ENVS1011; Excluded: ENVS2010, ENVS2020, GEOG2641.
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

Description

The nature of human population growth and its impact on resource management and global-scale environmental problems. Controls and demographic processes in human populations. Different cultures and development levels. Consideration of urbanisation and the interaction between urban economic and environmental systems. Case studies of urban environmental management, coastal planning and industrial change are used to critically evaluate human-environmental interactions. Practical work involves introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

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