Catchment Management
Environment
A course by
Lincoln University
Examine the relationship between water, people, and land at the catchment scale, exploring local and international perspectives in catchment management.
In-person study
Face-to-face learning in a physical classroom setting
Lincoln University, Lincoln
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Characterise the catchment approach to management
Understand and describe the features and principles of managing natural resources at a catchment scale.
Explain drivers influencing catchment impacts
Explain how historical, social, economic, and environmental factors affect the cumulative effects of land use on environments.
Compare governance systems in catchment management
Analyse and compare how different governance systems influence the implementation of catchment management.
What You're Signing Up For
This course investigates the critical relationships between water, people, and land, focusing on the management challenges and issues that arise at the catchment scale. It explores both local and international approaches, historical, social, economic and environmental influences on land use, and the governance systems behind catchment management.
Course Content
- Catchment management approaches
- Historical, social, economic, and environmental drivers of land use impacts
- Governance systems for catchment management
- Local and international comparisons of catchment management
- Application of theory and tools to catchment-scale environmental data
- Role of values and interests in water resource use and catchment science
What you need to know first
Minimum of 60 credit points from any level 200 course
Minimum of 60 credit points from any level 300 course
Pre-requisite: Environmental Monitoring and Resource Assessment (ERST-203)
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Environmental management
Resource management
Government and policy
Future employment opportunities might be
Environmental consultant
Resource management advisor
Policy analyst
Catchment management specialist
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