Course Overview
This course focuses on current trends in sustainable development as it applies to natural resources in BC. Students will be able to describe the industrial structure, socio-economic characteristics within BC's major development regions. An overview of the provincial biogeophysical resources will also be reviewed. Topics will also include governance issues related to local government, provincial and federal jurisdiction, aboriginal rights, and the roles major provincial and federal ministries and departments play in resource management.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Discuss important issues related to population demographics and employment trends found in various communities and regions.
- Discuss the role land tenure plays in paying for the costs and deriving benefits for the use of resources.
- Discuss the implications of using taxation incentives, royalties and subsidies to influence industrial and community development.
- Evaluate how the benefits from resource use are currently being transferred to industry, different regional areas, and the local population.
- Assess how significant historical government policies that have influenced the development of BC industry and community structure.
- Analyse the tools and principles being applied to a minimize the potential for boom-bust economies.
- Describe how the principles of biodiversity are being incorporated in planning processes and management activities.
- Analyze the extent of the resources required from rural areas to sustain the urban development.
- Discuss each of the roles and responsibilities of major provincial and federal ministries and departments, and local government, in sustainable resource management.
Effective as of Fall 2009
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