- To understand the differences between renewable and non-renewable energy resources
- To understand why levels of supply and demand for energy resources vary at the national level.
- To examine trends in the patterns of energy consumption in LEDCs and MEDCs.
- To understand the environmental impact of energy production, transport and usage at the local scale.
- To understand the environmental impact of energy production, transport and usage at the global scale.
- To examine and evaluate the supply of electrical energy in one country at two scales (overall national energy strategy & Named located energy scheme)
- To understand the nature and causes of the many types of pollution
- To distinguish pollution from environmental degradation
- To analyse the factors which have led to degradation of rural environments
- What are the causes and consequences of misuse or overuse of rural land.
- to examine and evaluate policies designed to improve the quality of degraded rural environments.
- To understand why selected urban environments have become degraded
- To understand the relative success or failure of policies designed to address urban environmental degradation.
- To have knowledge of risk factors affecting environments, environmental protection policies and their impact.
- To acquire detailed knowledge of one degraded environment
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