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10208 (v.3) Soils and Land Use 500
Area: | Muresk Institute |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 5 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Soils - revision, landcare, soils of Western Australia. Description, classification and mapping - survey technique. Soil variability and problem soils. Physics of soil water movement. Ecological aspects of land use, multiple and conservative use. Productivity and stability in land use systems. Land use planning, suitability, capability and evaluation. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - Identified major soil groups in Western Australia and discuss physical, chemical and biological characteristics of each as related to land use planning and landcare. Applied survey technique to characteriseand map soils and recognise the productivity and land capability for selected agricultural soil landscape units. Describe principles of Property Management Planning (PMP) under physical management and financial components. Discussed aspects of soil hydrology as related to soil water movement and landuse capability. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Lantzke N and Fulton I., (1993), Land resources of the Northam district, Perth, Western Australia, Agriculture Western Australia. Moore G, (ed)., (1998), Soilguide: a handbook for understanding and managing agricultural soils, Perth, Western Australia, Agriculture Western Australia. Roberts B., (1995), The quest for sustainable agriculture and land use, Sydney, UNSW Press. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Field of Education: | 50100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | | | Y |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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