Land Resource Assessment - GMAT1400


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems
	Course Outline: http://www.gmat.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable
	Available for General Education: Yes (more info)

Description

Topographic and geomorphological descriptions of land. Land cover classification: soils and vegetation. Land use: rural and urban land. Land value and land economics. Land as a recreational resource, national parks, and ecological issues. Land as Real Estate. Land Economics & Valuation. Land ownership and rights to use and redevelopment. Land from the cultural, social and spiritual perspectives. Native and other forms of "title". Land, water and air space rights. Law of the Sea and sovereign rights over marine resources. State, Local and Federal Government jurisdictions over land. Visualisation of landscapes: field sketches and plans, 2D contouring and 3D computer graphic pictorial views. Sun direction calculations and shadow diagrams.