ENVS 319 - Global Environmental Issues: Challenges of an Urbanizing World

First Semester.  More than half of humanity lives in cities. This seminar explores the political ecology of urban life.  Are cities parasitic, mostly dangerous and destructive of regional ecologies, cultures and social life?  Are they potentially green central places where education and technology may uplift people while protecting biodiversity?  Reading will illuminate these seeming contradictory views.  Participants will develop individual research work on a city of their choice and pool, share, and debate within a common framework.  

Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required. 

Enrollment Limit:  15

Mr. Wisner

Credits: 3