Course Overview
This course will examine decision making in environmental management and the forces that influence environmental decisions. Topics will include the historical roots of environmental management, rational decision-making processes, the institutional structure and methods of decision making in environmental management, as well as the relationship between current decision-making models and the emerging challenges of sustainability.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
2.5
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Formulate a (rational) decision-making process applicable in environmental management that defends ethics and fosters corporate social responsibility.
- Discuss how the historical roots of the modern environmental movement have influenced environmental decision making with respect to the historical background of Canadian resource management.
- Assess how environmental evaluation is influenced by political, legal, economic, technological, and physical constraints.
- Evaluate case studies in light of the complexity of the decision-making process in environmental management.
- Devise a policy-making process for environmental management decision-making that will assess environmental values and define stakeholder roles in environmental decisions.
- Advocate rational environmental decision making with respect to the key drivers of change, to facilitate better management of scarce resources and facilitate progress toward sustainability.
Effective as of Fall 2009
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