Unit Code: URP762

Unit Name: Environmental Geology for Planning

Description: This course emphasizing the occurrence and distribution of geologic hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, flooding, and slope failure) and geologic resources (soil, water, air, mineral, and energy). Topics include basic geologic processes such as the rock cycle and plate tectonics, how these geologic processes influence the occurrence and distribution of geologic hazards and resources, interactions between humans and the geologic environment, and problems associated with exploitation of geologic resources such as water and air pollution and climate change

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, you should be able to: a. Generate the correlation between planning and geology , conservation, restoration and reclamation of land (GPIA-1, GPIA-2, GPIA-3, GPIA-4) b. Summarize the geologic processes associated with common natural hazards including volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods (GPIA-3, GPIA-5) c. Identify the role of human society in defining, aggravating, predicting, and mitigating natural disasters (GPIA-4, GPIA-5, GPIA-6, GPIA-7) d. Summarize the geologic conditions required to produce and extract water, mineral, and energy resources, and understand how pollutants are created by and/or harm these resources (GPIA-4, GPIA- 5, GPIA-6, GPIA-7) e. Analyse the relationships between human population growth, economic development, and resource consumption, and appraise strategies for ensuring future resource availability (GPIA-1, GPIA-2, GPIA- 3, GPIA-4, GPIA-5, GPIA-6, GPIA-7)

Prerequisite: URP713

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 2