Academic Calendar 2020/2021 - Political Ecology

GEOG 4026  Political Ecology

Prerequisites:

GEOG 2226

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students gain an understanding of the unequal distribution of costs and benefits of environmental change, as well as how seemingly objective concepts like sustainability, biodiversity and degradation are influenced by social norms. Case studies are drawn from rural and urban settings in the developing and developed world.