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Unit description
Introduces students to systems analysis, input output analysis, and lifecycle assessment approaches to examine complex resource recovery solutions in local and global contexts. Students will gain a deep understanding of social and economic processes and pressures that challenge resource recovery. This unit is underpinned by the overriding philosophy of source reduction of waste generation.
Unit content
Topic 1: Global waste production
Topic 2: Waste management and the resource recovery cycle
Topic 3: Social and political considerations for sustainable waste management and resource recovery
Topic 4: Collecting and using meaningful data
Topic 5: Environmental and economic considerations for sustainable waste management and resource recovery
Topic 6: Economic analysis for decision making
Topic 7: The economics of technology for enhancing resource recovery
Topic 8: Source reduction and social change
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | explore the social, political and economic constructs of waste reduction and resource recapture |
| 2 | analyse complex problems associated with source management of waste while treating waste as a resource |
| 3 | use creative thinking to develop innovative solutions to problems associated with resource recovery |
| 4 | use economic analysis tools for decision making |
| 5 | apply knowledge of this discipline to contribute to solving multidimensional problems |
| 6 | understand the social complexity of global waste management and links to human well being. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- explore the social, political and economic constructs of waste reduction and resource recapture
- analyse complex problems associated with source management of waste while treating waste as a resource
- use creative thinking to develop innovative solutions to problems associated with resource recovery
- use economic analysis tools for decision making
- apply knowledge of this discipline to contribute to solving multidimensional problems
- understand the social complexity of global waste management and links to human well being.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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