5223 (v.5) Geography 218 - Natural Hazards and Environmental Planning

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Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 5 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	5228 (v.5) Geography 318 - Natural Hazards and Environmental Planning
Prerequisite(s):	1436 (v.4) Geography 111 - Natural Hazards - Geography of the Global Distribution, Causes and Impacts of Natural Hazards and Strategies Used to Minimise Risks or any previous version AND 1437 (v.4) Geography 112 - Global Change - Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanisation and Social Inequality or any previous version
Geomorphic landscapes of Australia. Hierarchical classification of landforms. Influence of lithology, structure and climatic change in determining general characteristics of the Australian physical landscape. Relationships between land surface form and contemporary processes - polygenetic landscapes. Comparative examples from other countries.