This unit focuses on field-based assessment of land and water resources. It is a more advanced treatment of soil mapping, land use and catchment hydrology. The unit brings students to a professional level of knowledge and skills assessing land use and land capability. The field sites are chosen to have various constraints and land use changes. Amongst those are urban fringes which undergo very rapid land use changes often from agricultural use to other purposes such as housing and industrial development. The unit provides in-depth hydrological assessment of land, surface waters and groundwater. This is integrated with the assessment of soils and land use to provide sustainable land use... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Matthias Leopold and Professor Daniel Murphy
Prerequisites: ENVT3360 Ecosystem Restoration or EART2222 Geomorphology and Soils or EART3338 Land Use and Management or equivalent or approval of unit coordinator
