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        As 
        a result of involvement in the activities of this subject you should be 
        able to present in oral and written form critical analyses of the role 
        of science and technology in the creation, explanation, prevention and 
        solution of environmental problems, and, in particular: 
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            - the social causes and consequences of environmental damage and 
              the ways that debates on them are conducted; 
 
            - the procedures 
              and techniques by which decisions on environmental controversies 
              are, or might be, made, and action on them taken; 
 
            - different ways 
              of explaining and understanding processes and activities associated 
              with environmental controversies.
 
           
            
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     © 2003 Sharon
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