Env Management & Sustainable Development (L7003)
Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
Module L7003
Module details for 2024/25.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 4
Module Outline
This module explores contemporary debates on environmental management and sustainable development from a perspective that bridges physical and human geography. It examines the development of core scientific and social theories and discourses that underpin contemporary management of the environment and sustainable development. In particular it explores the trade offs between the three different pillars of sustainability; economics, environment and society. These trade offs are explored in relation to a range of real world problems, including climate change, biodiversity loss and energy use. The module explicitly deals at a range of geographical scales, from the global to the local, as well as considering different approaches to the management of natural resources.
Module learning outcomes
Understand key conceptual perspectives on the relationship between, and the potential to achieve environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Demonstrate a critical awareness of potential trade-offs and complementarities between achieving environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability.
Articulate the implications of climate change and biodiversity loss for humanity’s potential for achieving sustainable development.
Apply key module concepts to a range of ‘real world’ and practical applications.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Based Exam | Semester 2 Assessment | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Lecture | 2 hours | 111111111110 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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Prof David Ockwell
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Prof Julian Murton
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