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Environmental Impact Assessment - GEOS3911
Geography

 
Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Equivalent: AUST2032
 
 
Excluded: GEOH3911
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an important part of environmental decision making throughout the world. This course provides students with an understanding of the Commonwealth and NSW legislative framework for EIA; guidelines for EIA; ecologically sustainable development; impact evaluation in terms of environmental and socio-economic criteria; procedures, techniques and issues in EIA; future directions.

Case studies of environmental impact statements (EIS) from the physical and human environment are used throughout the course. The course is valuable to students interested in environmental management.

Note: Due to revisions of Geography at UNSW, all courses previously offered as GEOH3911 have been given an equivalent course code GEOS3911 from semester 1, 2007.

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