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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. |
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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. |
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: | 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. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Tutorial presentation 20%, Issues paper 30%, Management strategy 50%. This is a grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 40100 Architecture and Urban Environment (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | 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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