Course Title: Emission and Waste Management
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Emission and Waste Management
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
ENVI1156 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2010 |
ENVI1156 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
Sem 1 2012 |
Course Coordinator: Dr Melissa Neave
Course Coordinator Phone: +(61 3) 9925 2512
Course Coordinator Email: melissa.neave@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Building 8, Level 11
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
Course Description
Based on your engagement with the course materials and your participation in seminar discussions, you will be introduced to a range of sources relating to emissions and wastes and their impacts, as well as to factors (technical, economic, social, environmental and political) which influence attitudes and practice in relation to emissions and wastes. The course will build on this introduction to consider the varying nature of legislative policy and management responses to emissions and wastes, examining a broad range of regulatory and non-regulatory drivers for improved management and practice.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
The aim of this course is to provide you with an understanding of the nature, extent and impact of emissions to air, water and land in urban and regional areas, and to enable you to identify and critically evaluate policy and management options for their prevention and control. Case studies of current practice and identification of future options will form an important component of the course. The course will enable you to: appreciate the nature, extent and impacts of emissions to air, water and land, and where these mainly occur; identify and evaluate current management options for preventing or controlling emissions; analyse current legal and policy responses from government and private corporations, and analyse future management and policy alternatives that are available – thereby allowing you to assess the more useful approaches.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be able to engage in a variety of lectures and smaller classes.
Overview of Learning Resources
You will be able to use a prescribed text.
Overview of Assessment
You will be able to prepare assessment tasks with a total word length or equivalent of 5,000 words.