| CODE | ISS5001 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Overview of Environmental Concerns for Islands and Small States | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 16 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Islands and Small States Institute | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study unit deals with the most important environmental concerns of islands and small states as identified in the 1994 Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island States and in the 2005 Mauritius Strategy for the Sustainable Development of Small Island States. The topics to be covered include: - Background: From Barbados to Mauritius - Climate change - Wastes management - Water resources, - Coastal zone , - Conservation, - Spatial planning, - Agriculture and fisheries, - Mineral resources, - Alternative energy, - Nature conservation, - Pollution - Sustainable Tourism Reading: The texts recommended below are general texts. Individual lecturers may recommend additional reading relating to specific environmental topics covered. - UNITED NATIONS (1994). Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (can be accessed from http://www.sidsnet.org/sidsdocs/impdocs.html ) - UNITED NATIONS (2005). Report on the Mauritius International Meeting on the 10-Yeqar Review of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (can be accessed from http://www.sidsnet.org/docshare/other/20050622163242_English.pdf ) - BELLER, W., D'AYALA, P. AND HEIN, P. (1990) Sustainable Development and Environmental Management of Small Islands. UNESCO and Parthenon Publishing Group - BRIGUGLIO, L. (ed) (1999) Waste Management in Small Island Developing States. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute, on behalf of UNEP. - CONLIN, MICHAEL V. AND BAUM T., eds., Island Tourism Management Principles and Practice. John Wiley and Sons, 1995. - IPCC (2001) Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change. (especially Chapter 17 on Small Island States). Cambridge University Press. (can be accessed from http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg2/619.htm) - KAY R. and ADLER J. (1999). Coastal Planning and Management. Routeledge New York Margeta, J., I. Iacovides, and E.Azzopardi. Guidlines on Integrated Water Resouces Management - UNEP,MAP/PAP, Split 1999 (Available in 4 languages and the full text could be downloaded from PAP website) - MUNASINGHE M. AND SHEARER, W. (1995). Defining and Measuring Sustainability. United Nations University and The World Bank - MUNASINGHGE M, AND STEWART, R. (1999) Climate Change and its Linkages with Development, Equity and Sustainability. IPCC, Geneva. - UNEP (1998). Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation Concepts, Methods and Appropriate Use. Riso National Laboratory, Denmark - VILES, H., AND SPENCER, T. (1995) Coastal Problems: Geomorphology, Ecology and Society at the Coast. London: Arnold, Member of the Hodder Headline Group, - WILLIAMS, P.T. (1998). Waste Treatment and Disposal. Wiley, Chicester. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Raphael Axiak Lino Briguglio Alan Deidun Sandro Lanfranco Saviour Scerri Alfred J. Vella Philip Von Brockdorff Charles Emile I. Yousif |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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