| CODE | SPI5761 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Sustainable Resource Management 1 | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Spatial Planning and Infrastructure | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit deals with the sustainable management of natural and man made resources such as water, liquid and solid waste.Through a review of current policies, plans and projects as well as by characterising human behaviour students will be able to obtain a holistic perspective of the action-consequence relationship for these sectors. Study-unit Aims: The aims of this study unit are to: - Familiarise students with current policy and regulatory requirements characterising sustianable resource management; - Acquainted students with current research in sustainable development and resource management; - Consider certain design elements in water resources and solid & liquid waste management; - Recognise the potential of solid and liquid waste as a resource. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of current trends in water resources management and solid and liquid waste management; - Understand the policy framework characterising resource management in Malta; - Understand how human behaviour effects the water and waste scenarios and how this, in turn, shapes the nature of the resource infrastructure required; - Demonstrate an insight into how political, economic, social and environmental factors can influence resource management; - Understand the concepts underpinning sustainable development; - Design and construct certain elements of resource infrastructure. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss sustainable resource management issues in a questioning and analytical manner; - Develop the basis for the formulation of policies and plans for specific resources based on scientific criteria; - Demonstrate an in-depth insight into the possibilities of sustainable water and waste management with regard to initiating and implementing long-term sustainable processes of change; - Generate action-consequence scenarios for each sector as a means for undertaking impact assessment; - Understand the design and construction principles underpinning water and waste infrastructure. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - A Solid Waste Management Strategy for the Maltese Islands - First Update. Government of Malta - 2009. - A Proposal For A Water Policy For The Maltese Islands - Government of Malta - 2010. - Water Centric Sustainable Communities: Planning, Retrofitting and Building the Next Urban Environment - Vladimir Novotny - 2010. - Water Resources Planning and Management - R. Quentin Grafton, Karen Hussey - 2011. - Waste: A Handbook for Management - Trevor Letcher, Daniel Vallero - 2011. - Waste Management: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues Series) - Jacqueline Vaughn - 2009. - Engineering Hydrology - Wilson - 1990. - Principles of Hydrology - Ward - 2000. - Solid Waste Engineering - Worrell - 2011. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Desiree Cassar |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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