Water Resources and Society

Course aim

This course covers key water management issues, events, and theories. Students completing this course will be able to critically analyse and evaluate the roles and relationships inherent in water and its usage with several different societies at various periods in their histories.

Course content

Module 1: History of Global Water Resource Development
Module 2: Dependencies between Human Users and Water Resources
Module 3: Geopolitics and Hydro-politics of Water
Module 4: Water and Society
Module 5: The Market in Water: Water Ownership and Water Trading
Module 6: Sustainability in Water Management

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	7.5 hours x 3 weeks
Tutorial	4 hours x 3 weeks
Directed Study	N/A x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study report, Essay, Relfection tasks

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.