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ES461 - Environmental Impact Assessment

Description

An introduction to the objectives, philosophy, concepts, methods and social implications of environmental impact assessment (EIA). A critical examination of EIA as an analytical tool in the context of resource management and public policy is undertaken. Examples are drawn from BC, Canada and other countries.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Cross-listed courses

GEOG301 - Environmental Impact Assessment

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of ES 461, ES 410, ES 400A (if taken prior to September 1989), GEOG 301, GEOG 391 (if taken in the same topic).

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete all of:
      • ES200 - Introduction to Environmental Studies (1.5)
    • Complete 1 of:
      • ES301 - Political Ecology (1.5)
      • ES321 - Ethnoecology (1.5)
      • ES341 - Past, Present, and Future Ecologies (1.5)

Course offered by

School of Environmental Studies

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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