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EMDV8104 Environmental Governance

Offered By Environmental Management & Development Program
Academic Career Graduate Coursework
Course Subject Environmental Management & Development
Offered in First Semester, 2012 and First Semester, 2013
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

The questions that will guide our work throughout the semester include: What is environmental governance? What are the principles of good environmental governance? How are the stakeholders involved in governance? What are the instruments available? How can good environmental governance be designed and implemented? To address these questions, the course will examine processes and instruments of environmental governance by considering theories and empirical studies. We focus on theories and issues relating to national and international governance, public policy formation, common property management, market and non-market incentives for resource management, decentralization, civil society organizations and corporate environmental behaviour.

Learning Outcomes

Students attending this course will learn:

  • theories underpinning environmental governance;
  • to think and write critically about environmental governance issues; and
  • to devise solutions for environmental governance problems at the local, national and global levels.
Indicative Assessment

Ministerial brief (20%); on-line discussions (25%); essay (30); exam (25%).

Workload

4 contact hours and about 6 hours reading and writing per week.

Course Classification(s) AdvancedAdvanced courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide a deep understanding of contemporary issues; or 'second degree' and higher levels of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs.
Areas of Interest Environmental Studies
Prescribed Texts

Journal articles.

Indicative Reading List

United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, World Resources Institute, World Resources 2002-2004: Decisions for the Earth: Balance, voice, and power. http://archive.wri.org/publication_detail.cfm?pubid=3764

Technology Requirements

Fast internet access for distance education students recommended.

Programs Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management and Development, Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management and Development, Graduate Diploma in Environmental and Resource Economics, Graduate Diploma in Environmental and Resource Economics, Master of Climate Change, Master of Climate Change, Master of Environment, Master of Environment, Master of Environmental and Resource Economics, Master of Environmental and Resource Economics, Master of Environmental Management and Development, and Master of Environmental Management and Development
Other Information

Delivery Mode:

Semester 1; on campus and distance education.

Academic Contact A/Prof Luca Tacconi

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.

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