307915 (v.1) Rural Resource Planning 311

Area:

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Understanding is developed of issues encountered in rural Western Australia and examination of planning responses to these issues.

Unit Outcomes:

Upon completion of this unit students will have developed an understanding of issues encountered in rural Western Australia and the planning responses to these issues. Examined the history of rural development and resources in Western Australia, government policies for rural and resource development, and economic, social and environmental issues associated with rural and resource development. Examined appropriate acts of parliament and regulations, and competition for and the allocation of resources. Examined contemporary social and economic issues in rural Western Australia, and planning for rural and resource development.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Forester, J., (1999). The Deliberative Practioner: Encouraging Participatory Planning Processes. Massachusetts, MIT Press. Glasson, J., Chadwick, A. and Thierivel, R., (1999). Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment: Principles and Procedures,Process, Practice. revised edition. London, UCL Press. Harvey, N., (1998). Environmental Impact Assessment: Procedures, Practice and Prospects in Australia. Melbourne, Oxford University Press. Healy, P., Khakee, A., Motte, A., and Needham, B., eds.,(1996). Risk, Environment and Modernity, Towards a New Ecology. London, Sage. Native Title Act 1993, Commonwealth. Rose, N., (1999). Powers of Freedom Reframing Political Thought. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Sorenson, T. and Epps, R. (eds), (1993). Prospects and Policies for Rural Australia. Melbourne, Longman Cheshire. Susskind, L., McKearnan, S. and Thomas-Larner, J., eds., (1999). The Consensus Building Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Reaching Agreement. Thousand Oaks California, Sage. World Commission on Environment and Development, (1987). Our Common Future. Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Tutorial presentation 20%, Issues paper 30%, Management strategy 50%. This is a grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y