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EV5100:03

Coastal Management

Townsville

HECS Band 2

80 contact hours - block mode held at Moreton Bay Research Station. July block mode.

Preference will be given to students in the Marine Science National Program run jointly by James Cook University, the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney. However, enrolments are welcomed from postgraduate students interested in natural resource management from a wide range of disciplines including science, law and engineering.

Staff:

Professor H Marsh.

This is an intensive subject that will be held at an island research station (Moreton Bay Research Laboratory). The subject focuses on approaches to managing tropical marine environments. It examines the impacts of human activities on coastal and marine environments. It explores the complex relationships among the ecological and social values of these environments and outlines strategies and tools for their management.

Learning Objectives:

develop an understanding of coastal environments and linkages between the physical, ecological and social components of these environments;

ability to describe how a broad range of human activities affect coastal environments;

develop an understanding of the multi-disciplinary nature of the management of coastal environments;

develop an awareness for and be able to use a range of tools for coastal planning and management;

appreciate the need for and methods of achieving integrated management of coastal environments;

provide postgraduate students with the opportunity to lead multidisciplinary problem solving teams of undergraduate students and to gain an understanding of team processes.

Assessment by examinations (20%); presentations (60%); assignments (20%).