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Coastal Resource Management - GEOS3921
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
 
 
Excluded: GEOH3921
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course focuses on coastal resource assessment and management. Topics include: Australian coastal zone policy; coastal ersoion and conservation; soil and water acidification; global shrimp farming issues and management; oyster farming; causes of fish kills and fish disease outbreaks; estuary management; coastal water resource management; recreational and commercial fisheries; coastal wetlands.

The course considers Australian and global perspectives on current and emerging coastal resource management issues. Students participate in group work to develop skills in resource management.

Note: Due to revisions of Geography at UNSW, all courses previously offered as GEOH3921 have been given an equivalent course code GEOS3921 from semester 1, 2007.

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