INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT

INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Course Code
GG 4044
Credit Points
15
Course Coordinator
Mr D R Green

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above. This course runs in alternate years. First offered in 2006/07. This course may not be taken as part of a graduating curriculum with GG 3044.

Overview

This course is taught through a series of seminars and directed reading. It aims to familiarise students with the resource base conflicts arising around coastal areas and to introduce the mechanisms (legal, policy and economic) available to resolve them. Topics considered include the role of the European Union; bathing water quality; the management of ports; the role of various regulatory bodies; approaches to coastal zone management in the USA and Australia, and design in the coastal zone.

Structure

1 two-hour lecture per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination (67%) and continuous assessment (33%).

Resit: 1 two-hour resit examination (67%) plus original continous assessment carried forward (33%).