Courses Handbook 2009

304647 (v.2) Built Environment 383


Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 6.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Building: building materials and construction methods, planning, site evaluation and classification, system building and the function of buildings, interpretation of plans and specifications. Operation of the building industry. Principal control authorities. Technical drawing and interpretation of drawings. Health and safety: lighting, heating ventilation, insulation, fire safety, design features for disaster prone areas. Town planning: environmental health. Building contract theory, liabilities, and safety provisions. Principles and statutory controls for demolition. Statutory references to town planning, and local authorities. Aspects of population geography and urban geography in relation to problems of environmental health. Topic areas within physical geography related to urban and rural land use. Maps and air photo interpretation. An introduction to geographic information systems. Field exercises. The composition of waste, and collection, treatment and disposal techniques. Site selection and evaluation with focus on aspects of environmental and public health significance. Recycling and waste minimisation. Statutory controls.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 061303 Environmental Health
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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