Environmental Management

Course summary

• Foundations of environmental systems and societies - Environmental value systems, sustainability and pollution • Ecosystems and ecology - Species, populations, biomes, zonation and ecosystems • Biodiversity and conservation - Origins, threats and conservation of biodiversity • Water and aquatic food production systems and societies - Access to fresh water, aquatic food production systems and water pollution • Soil systems and terrestrial food production systems and societies - Soil, terrestrial food production systems, soil degradation and conservation • Atmospheric systems and societies - The atmosphere, stratospheric ozone, photochemical smog, and acid deposition • Climate change and energy production - Energy choice, energy security and climate change • Human systems and resource use - Population dynamics, resource use, solid domestic waste and human carrying capacity