ENVH8731 Sustainable Development - Health Issues GE

2012

4.5

1 x 1-hour tutorial weekly
1 x 2-day intensive workshop per semester
1 x 4-hour on-line exercises weekly

1 Admission into GDPEHP-Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Practice
1a Admission into MEH-Master of Environmental Health
1b Admission into MAPS-Master of Applied Population Studies
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b))

1 of ENVH4731, ENVH8005 has been successfully completed

This topic is designed to examine issues of sustainable development as they are relevant to creating healthy environments for people to live in. The topic examines the complexity of population change, resource management and climate change and looks at the links between society, economics, politics and environment and how they impact on environmental health development. We consider relevant principles of environmental protection, ecologically sustainable development and the precautionary principle. The topic also focuses on the impacts of local and global pollution and environmental degradation and considers resource depletion and consumption and environmental protection.

At the completion of the topic, students are expected to be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of sustainable development principles in promoting healthy environments for humans
2. Understand links between social factors and physical environments and their impact on EH development
3. Appreciate impacts of resource management, population change and pollution on global and local human health