PKM307 Environmental Planning (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Environmental Planning and Management (ENVPL)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
To be an effective environmental manager you need good planning skills. Environmental planning builds on your existing knowledge of natural resource management tol give you these skills and understanding of different planning approaches, principles and tools for the job. It is designed to give students a broad appreciation of environmental planning whilst developing skills to write management plans. Particular attention is given to establishing management objectives, and generating and evaluating options to solve management problems. It is assumed students have a basic understanding of social science. The subject contains a total estimated workload of 140 hours.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
| Distance | Albury-Wodonga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PKM307
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Students who have completed PKM365 cannot enrol in this subject.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to:
- describe and discuss the range of possible approaches to environmental planning;
- apply the principles, processes and methods of land use and management planning;
- select appropriate tools and methods to deal with these issues;
- critically analyse management plans;
- write a basic area management plan;
- conduct basic evaluation exercises related to the planning of natural areas; and
- describe the range and complexity of issues associated with the planning for natural resources.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
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Planning Fundamentals
- - Introduction to environmental planning
- - Types of plans
- - Approaches to planning
- - Planning processes
- - Stakeholder participation
- - Planning issues
- - Principles of good environmental planning
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Land use planning
- - Introduction
- - Planning scales and boundaries
- - Land use planning tools and methods
- - Land use planning in NSW
- - Land use planning in Victoria
- - Regional Forest Agreements
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Preparing area management plans
- - A process for preparing area management plans
- - Planning preliminaries
- - Collecting and analysiing data
- - Identifying issues and options
- - Establishing goals and objectives
- - Writing plans
- - Evaluating options and selecting actions
- - Multicriteria analysis
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.