The Victorian Planning Minister’s response to the ‘Coastal Climate Change Advisor Report’, initiated by the Baillieu government in 2010, identified the need to “initiate ! a skills audit with the view to developing a range of professional development courses to meet the shortfall of professionals with the capability to assess coastal climate change impacts” (Victoria 2012). The following paper addresses this deficiency by examining how Australia’s higher education and further education sectors currently attend to the issue of coastal planning.
A detailed review of a large number of national and international planning programs was undertaken to highlight the subject matter contained in each program with a specific focus on any coastal planning courses. Working from a theoretical perspective, the first part of the paper addresses why a dedicated subject on Coastal Planning is required in the present Australian planning school syllabus, and how such a program would be positioned within the intent of PIA’s Education Policy.
Utilising the benefits of Problem Based learning and Student Centred Learning in relating to delivering a Coastal planning course, the second part of the paper provides a theoretical overview of the types of competencies which students may be expected to attain when undertaking such a course. The third part of the paper proposes a series of 12 lectures to underpin a unit titled “Coastal Planning: The Australian Context” which includes a draft lecture relating to the monitoring of Coastal Erosion in Adelaide.
History
Pagination
50-61
Location
Bendigo, Vic.
Start date
2012-09-21
End date
2012-09-23
ISBN-13
9780987342928
Language
eng
Notes
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Publication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice
2012, ANZAPS
Editor/Contributor(s)
Butt A, Kennedy M
Title of proceedings
ANZAPS 2012 : Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association of Planning Schools Conference
Event
Australian & New Zealand Association of Planning Schools. Conference (2012 : Bendigo, Vic.)