Environmental Assessment in Geomatics

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Environmental Assessment in Geomatics

• Department of Geomatics

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Environmental Assessment in Geomatics
GOALS Review of key ecological principles in the
context of the planning and development
process Understanding of how ecological factors
can be assessed An analysis of case studies An
understanding of environmental problems and the
difficulty in implementing certain solutions

• Department of Geomatics

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Environmental Assessment in Geomatics

• PROJECT BASED COURSE
• THREE COMPONENTS
• SHORT INTRODUCTION
• Ecological revision
• Project selection
• FIELD VISIT
• Simple field exercise - rubbish assessment
• Reporting results
• STUDENT TOPICS/LECTURES

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Environmental Assessment in Geomatics

• STUDENT TOPICS /LECTURES
• Snowy River Hydro-Electric Scheme
• Ashley Admiraal and Jo Waters
• Salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin
• Greg Clark and Glen Franklin
• Basslink
• Daniel Nash and Shaun Pearsell

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Environmental Assessment in Geomatics

• STUDENT TOPICS /LECTURES
• Minerva Gas Field
• Helen Theofilopoulos and Thor McRae
• EIS Process Bias
• Lachlan Beveridge and Hugh Peck
• University Square Development
• Percy Lun

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Environmental Assessment in Geomatics

• PROJECT REPORT
• 2000 WORDS LONG
• INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED
• REFERENCES
• Interviews
• Newspapers
• Web sites
• Govt. publications

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Environmental Assessment in Geomatics

• ASSESSMENT
• ONE HOUR EXAM 30
• FIELD REPORT
• Talk 5
• Written report 5
• PROJECT
• Group report 20
• Individual Component 20
• Lecture 20

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Environmental Assessment in Geomatics

• The University Of Melbourne
• Semester 1 Assessment, 2000
• Department of Geomatics
• Subject Number_451-405
• Subject Title Environmental Assessment in
  Geomatics
• Student No.__________________Student
  Name__________________
• Exam Duration_One hour
• Reading Time__15 mins
• This paper has 2 pages
• Authorised materials
• Open book exam. All materials are allowed
• Instructions to Invigilators
• This exam has no common content with any other
  subject
• One script book to be given to each student
  initially, more as required.
• The exam paper need not remain in the exam room.

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Environmental Assessment in Geomatics

• The University Of Melbourne
• Semester 1 Assessment, 2000
• Department of Geomatics
• Subject Number_451-405
• Subject Title Environmental Assessment in
  Geomatics
• Instructions to Students
• Answer THREE ONLY of the following questions
• (All questions of equal value)
• 1.
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• 5.