This paper describes a 13-weeks, third-year course in Environmental Planning and Management developed and taught by the authors. Initiated in 1969, the course consists of a mix of lectures, seminars, workshop/laboratory sessions and fie/d-based projects. The objectives of the course are for students: to become aware of the need for, and the complexities of, environmental management; to be able to criticise constructively work done by environmental agencies and consultants, managers and decision makers; and to/earn and apply some of the methods and techniques used in environmental management.Topics covered by the current syllabus are: concepts of 'resource' and 'environment'; constitutional aspects; international law and the environment; Australian and Canadian environmental legislation and agencies; human manipulation of ecosystems; energy subsidies; modification of biogeochemica/ cycles; population dynamics and cropping; fisheries; national parks and reserves -policies in different countries; international heritage areas; environmental assessment (including impact assessment, /and evaluation, /and capability and /and suitability assessment); and regional, integrated land-use and environmental planning and management. Techniques taught include: fie/c/surveys and interviewing; laboratory analysis of selected water quality, sediment and soil parameters including nutrient concentrations, heavy metal and pesticide residues; and for some students, applications of geographic information systems (G/S) technology following preceding G/S courses.A major problem is selecting the most appropriate mix between the social and natural sciences -'appropriate" first in terms of students' heterogeneous ski/Is and backgrounds, and second, in terms of understanding the causes of environmental problems and issues, and devising practicable solutions. /
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