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GEPL111 Earth in Crisis?

Updated: 18 November 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Rajanathan Rajaratnam (rrajarat@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Planet Earth is undergoing far-reaching ecological changes which will continue to have profound impacts upon human activities. The complex causes and progress of such changes as they affect land and water resources, forests, biodiversity, the atmosphere and cities are considered. Human responses to environmental changes, and ways in which rural sustainability might be achieved, are explored.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Changing Environments
ISBN: 9780470849996
Morris, D., Freeland, J., Hinchliffe, S. and Smith, S., John Wiley & Sons 2003
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional
Text(s):

Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Global Environmental Crises: An Australian Perspective
ISBN: 9780195508277
Aplin, G. and others, OUP 2nd ed. 1999
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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