Overview

This field-based unit is taught in the National Park/World Heritage Area of Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera. Identified by UNESCO as an environment and cultural landscape worth preserving, the region is under immense pressure due to climate change, rural depopulation, abandoning of agricultural lands, landscape instability, and burgeoning tourism. … For more content click the Read More button below.

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Professor Nigel Tapper

Unit Coordinator(s)

Professor Nigel Tapper

Notes

An application is required to enrol in this overseas unit.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

Evaluate the range of complex environmental, social and economic interrelationships that shape the Cinque Terre and be able to differentiate a cultural landscape from a natural landscape;

2.

Propose and justify a solutions-based research project demonstrating an understanding of sustainability in the context of a region of truly global significance;

3.

Design a research proposal demonstrating an understanding of field-based techniques of survey, analysis and presentation of results;

4.

Reflect upon and critically analyse personal and professional development with reference to addressing problems of sustainability in a region of global significance.

5.

Execute a collaborative research project that shows a critical understanding of the real-world challenges associated with addressing sustainable development;

6.

Communicate a solutions-based approach in a clear and coherent way that is effective for the purpose and the intended audience.

Workload requirements

Workload

Availability in areas of study

S6002 Master of Environment and Sustainability