ENVS8721 Environmental Decision Making Tools GE

2012

4.5

1 x 2-hour lecture weekly
1 x 110-minute workshop weekly

1 of ENVS2721, ENVS8781 has been successfully completed

Some knowledge on environmental issues such as: awareness of a range of current local, national and international environment issues; awareness of a range of technologies/strategies/management approaches to address environmental issues. These might be covered in a 1st year university environmental/geography/hydrology topic; or a TAFE environmental/geography/hydrology course; or Geography or Environmental studies at matriculation level.

The topic aims to introduce students to a range of environmental decision making tools commonly used throughout the world in the field of environmental management and the context and combination in which they are applied. The topic will cover any number of the following environmental management decision making tools: Environmental Auditing, Risk Management, Environmental Reporting, Environmental Impact Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Policies, Environmental Site Assessment, Environmental Indicators, Clean Development Mechanisms and Joint Implementation, Environmental Technology Assessment, Environmental Accounting, Environmental Communications, Ecological Footprinting, and others.

The topic aims to introduce students to a range of environmental decision making tools commonly used throughout the world in the field of environmental management and the context in which they are applied.

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

1. Understand the characteristics of a number of environmental management tools
2. Understand the difference between a number of environmental management tools
3. Apply appropriate tools to environmental situations (in simulated work environments, i.e. work-integrated learning)
4. Assess the effectiveness of one or more tools in achieving environmental benefits (in simulated work environments, i.e. work-integrated learning)