Environmental Policy - From Global to Local - ENV00026I

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  • Department: Environment and Geography
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: I
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23 to Spring Term 2022-23

Module aims

The module aims to provide students with:

An understanding of the complex theoretical and practical issues associated with the environment as a major policy problem e.g. the main human causes of environmental problems, their effect on people/communities, and the impact of different policy solutions in both environmental and human terms

Knowledge of how to use social and political perspectives to analyse the making of global, national and local environmental policy, and an understanding of different approaches used to generate evidence and policy within this field, and the ability to analyse these critically.

The development of key transferable skills, such as presenting complex ideas and arguments, both orally and in writing, the ability to think critically about evidence sources and claims, the development of basic policy analysis skills

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module students will be able to:

  • Understand key concepts in the study of environmental policy
  • Understand some of the key challenges facing policy-makers when designing and implementing environmental protection policies
  • Be able to present clear and cogent argument and analysis of environmental issues, both orally and in writing

Generic / Employability Skills:

The module provides understanding of the need for, and application of, environmental policy in a global and local context.

The module provides understanding and experience that will be relevant for use in the following sectors:

  • Environmental management
  • Local and national government

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) 70.0
Oral presentation/seminar/exam 30.0

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) 100.0

Module feedback

Students are provided with on-going feedback via seminars and detailed individual feedback on their summative assessments as well as generic feedback provided through the VLE.

Indicative reading

Aggarwal-Khan, S., 2011. The policy process in international environmental governance. Palgrave Macmillan.

Cairney, P., 2016. The politics of evidence-based policy making. Springer.

Carter, N., 2018. The politics of the environment: Ideas, activism, policy. Cambridge University Press.

Roberts, J., 2011. Environmental Policy (2nd ed.). Routledge Introductions to Environment Series. Abingdon: Routledge.