Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (L7003)

15 credits, Level 4

Spring teaching

This module explores contemporary debates on environmental management and sustainable development from a perspective that bridges physical and human geography. It examines the development of core scientific and social theories and discourses that underpin contemporary management of the environment and sustainable development. In particular, it explores the trade offs between the three different pillars of sustainability:

• economics
• environment
• society.

These trade offs are explored in relation to a range of real world problems, including climate change, biodiversity loss and energy use. The module explicitly deals at a range of geographical scales – from the global to the local – as well as considering different approaches to the management of natural resources.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Ecology and Conservation BSc
• Ecology and Conservation MSci
• Geography BA
• Geography BSc
• Geography with a Language BA
• Geography, Sustainable Development and Climate Change BSc
• Zoology BSc
• Zoology MSci