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Postgraduate Course: Integrated Resource Management (PGGE11117)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe 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
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  59
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 33, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 163 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework assessment 50%
Exam 50%
Intermittent assessments submitted electronically and assessors' comments and guidance in written and electronic forms.
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Integrated Resource Management2:00
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
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
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsIntegrated Resource Management - Stakeholder analysis, flowcharts, Strategic Enviromental Assessment
Contacts
Course organiserDr Ron Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)51 7163
Email: Ron.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Alice Heatley
Tel: (0131 6)50 4866
Email: alice.heatley@ed.ac.uk
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