EV5002 - Environmental Impact Assessment
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Environmental Sciences |
This subject reviews the development, design and implementation of ecological and social impact assessments. It examines the political and legal framework for impact assessment and the range of procedures and techniques that can be applied to determine the impact of major developments.
Learning Outcomes
- be able to distinguish the components of environmental impact assessment and what part they can play in the overall process;
- be able to recognise good and bad practices in scoping. impact assessment and prediction, public participation and monitoring studies in environmental impact assessment;
- have improved skills at working as part of a multi-disciplinary team;
- know what environmental impact assessment is, how it is currently applied to aid decision-making and how it could be applied to aid decision-making.
| Prerequisites: | Acceptance in postgraduate program or permission of HoS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EV3002 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Emma Gyuris. |
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| Assessment: | quizzes or tests (50%); on-course assessment (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Nicky Moore. |
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| Assessment: | quizzes or tests (50%); on-course assessment (50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.