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Resources, Planning and the Natural Environment - PLAN2152
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Course Outline: Built Environment
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

This course examines the interrelationships between urbanization, planning and the sustainable management of environmental systems. It situates the potential of land use planning in resource management relative to scientific bodies of knowledge and the roles of cognate professionals. The role of environmental factors in complex planning issues is considered. The assessment of environmental factors is considered at both the strategic and development application scale. The course reviews principles of ecologically sustainable development and how these may be interpreted in an urban context. Models for reporting on the 'state of the environment' are considered. Analytical and procedural tools for use in strategic and tactical management of the urban environment and non-metropolitan regions impacted by urbanization are introduced. Instruction is via lectures, tutorials and fieldwork.

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