Postgraduate Course: Integrated Resource Management (PGGE11117)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course includes both soft and hard centred techniques together with background policy approaches appropriate for the management and control of natural resource use, particularly at a macro level. It draws on applied examples of resource use and misuse and provides students with the opportunity to inspect and resolve problem cases. It includes tool such as socio-economic flowcharts, stakeholder analysis, resource valuation methods, strategic environmental assessment, multi-criteria decision analysis, decision trees and cost benefit analysis. It also examines alternative instruments governing resource use within the context of current government policies. Case studies and computer practicals are included. |
| Course description |
Following an introductory session, the course comprises of 2 broad sections separated by an intervening case visit:
Session 1 Resource use & resource user interactions, stakeholder analysis & flowcharts
Section 1 Policy options & approaches
Session 2 Overview of policy instruments governing resource use
Session 3 An introduction to Strategic Environmental Assessment
Session 4 Maintaining strategic resource supplies
Session 5 Integrated policy attempts
Session 6 Problems in resource valuation approaches
Case visit to Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park:
Session 7 Co-ordinating resource use in National Parks
Section 2 Management decisions support mechanisms
Session 8 Supporting better decision making
Session 9 Balancing welfare needs with environmental responsibility
Session 10 Dealing with multiple and conflicting objectives
Session 11 Further explorations of multi criteria decision analysis
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 59 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
| Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 33,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
163 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework assessment 50%
Exam 50%
Intermittent assessments submitted electronically and assessors' comments and guidance in written and electronic forms. |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Integrated Resource Management | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be expected to be able to:
1) appreciate the types of management approaches necessary for effective resource use
2) carry out stakeholder analysis and construct socio economic flowcharts
3) understand the procedure for strategic environmental assessment
4) assess the value of market and non-market costs and benefits of natural resources
5) understand the operation of instruments in controlling resource use
6) appreciate policies relating to natural resource use
7) understand and use decision trees
8) use multi-criteria analysis aproaches in decision making
9) understand and apply cost benefit analysis
10)enhance their investigative, analytical and communication skills through problem solving cases
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Reading List
Sterner, T (2003) Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management. RFF press
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2005) A practical guide to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive
Department for Communities and Local Government (2009) Multi-criteria analysis, a manual
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/multicriteriaanalysismanual
Clemen, R. T. ( 1996) Making Hard Decisions: An Introduction to Decision Analysis 2nd Edition, Duxbery Press
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Integrated Resource Management - Stakeholder analysis, flowcharts, Strategic Enviromental Assessment |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ron Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)51 7163
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Alice Heatley
Tel: (0131 6)50 4866
Email: |
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