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ENVS3439 - Geomorphic Analysis of Rivers and Wetlands for Conservation and Management

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Project description

This unit is offered as an intensive, block-mode unit in February every year. It is offered at both advanced undergraduate level and as a professional development course. Pre-course private study and assessment is followed by four days on-campus focussed on developing knowledge for the geomorphic analysis of rivers. Topics include interactions of river forms and processes, assessment of river behaviour and change, river evolution, impacts of human disturbance to rivers, and sediment budgets. Students then apply their skills and knowledge to geomorphic analysis of rivers in a real-world setting during a 4-day off-campus fieldtrip, as well as explore pressing challenges for their conservation and management. This is followed by 4 days on-campus focussed on principles and strategies for river and wetland conservation, management and rehabilitation within an Australian context. Graduates are employed in a range of local, state and federal agencies, catchment management authorities, consultancies, and industry. For further information about the professional development micro-credential option, please contact the unit convenor.

Year 2022

Location Australia

Organization Macquarie University

Project aims

Project outcome

1. apply your knowledge and skills to the geomorphic characterisation and interpretation of rivers 2. evaluate geomorphic impacts of human disturbance and modification on rivers. 3. identify and utilise appropriate field techniques for the measurement, analysis and interpretation of river morphology, behaviour and evolution. 4. develop an understanding of the pressing challenges faced in river and wetland conservation and management in Australia. 5. apply geomorphic river science to the solution of river conservation, management and rehabilitation issues. 6. communicate scientific information and concepts through oral, visual and written formats