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Handbook of Postgraduate Studies – 2004quality, the valuation of environmental goods and services,and the formulation of environmental policies.GSE811 Coastal Management4 pg cpPrerequisite: Completion of 4 GSE units (includingGSE803)This unit focuses on coastal zone management andbegins with a review of international experience which isfollowed by an introduction to the situation in Australia.A number of case studies are used to evaluate our performancein the area of natural resource management.GSE813 Semi-Arid Land Management4 pg cpPrerequisite: Completion of 4 GSE unitsThe unit focuses on managing the dry 70 per cent ofAustralia. It describes the features of arid areas andexamines the pastoral industry in some detail. This unitwill be taught as a block of seven days in Western NSW.GSE816 Local Government ApprovalProcess4 pg cpThis unit examines the theory and practice of the developmentapproval process in terms of stakeholders, methods,institutional contexts and ethics. Particular attentionis given to environmental assessment in developmentcontrol and case studies are employed to relate theory topractice.GSE817 Urban Growth Management4 pg cpThe unit explains the economic, social and demographicprocesses of urban development, as well as the physicalform of urban settlements, both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan.Particular consideration is given to the roleof infrastructure authorities in shaping urban settlementpatterns, and to the implications of development processesfor environmental management.GSE818 Environmental Planning4 pg cpThis unit provides an interpretation of environmentalplanning as an integration of land use planning and environmentalassessment. It includes the origin of both townplanning and environmental systems analysis; the dominantparadigms, literature on theories of planning, government,and property rights; the structure of planningsystems; the relationship between environmental impactassessment and land use planning.GSE819 Environmental Health4 pg cpThis unit explores the relationships between the environmentand the health people enjoy. Topics are: what ishealth and how it is measured; the interrelationshipsbetween the physical, biological and socio-economicenvironments; health risk in urban-industrial societies;influences on health from the climate, the built workenvironment; water, air, infectious diseases; environmentalhealth risk assessment.GSE821 Workplace Practices and SkillsDevelopment4 pg cpPre-requisites: Completion of 8 units of programStudents are permitted to undertake a project associatedwith a workplace relevant to their specialist Masters area.The unit is designed to develop knowledge and skills fora new career path. Activities at a current workplace cannotbe used. There are no set lectures but regular meetingsmust be arranged with both academic and workplacesupervisors. A final project report including the processof development is the outcome.GSE822 Environmental Context of ModernBusiness4 pg cpThis unit, while introducing the consideration of the corporationin society in relation to the environment, surveyscurrent environmental trends both nationally and globally.Consideration of the concept of ecologically sustainabledevelopment leads into approaches to environmentaldecision-making and the quantitative evaluation of environmentalanalysis. Ethics and belief systems in environmentaleducation provide the context for examination ofthe roles and responsibilities of government, the communityand business.GSE823 Corporate EnvironmentalManagement4 pg cpThis unit looks specifically at the role and responsibilitieswithin a corporation in terms of environmental management.Detailed consideration is given to practical aspectsof establishing and maintaining an environmental managementsystem (ISO 14000)—planning, implementation,training and resourcing, measurement, evaluation,review and improvement. Also covered is an overview ofmethods for cleaner production and waste minimisation,life cycle analysis and interacting with neighbours andactivists.GSE824 Environmental DisputeResolution4 pg cpThis unit introduces students to, and examines the advantagesand disadvantages of, the various methods availablefor the resolution of environmental disputes.Students will analyse and evaluate the institutionalframework within which such disputes arise. Methods ofeffective scoping and assessing environmental disputeswill be explored. The unit focuses on mediation as thepreferred method of dispute resolution.264