Geography of Development and Environmental Change Joe Hannah, PhD Autumn 2007 Welcome to Geog 270:

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Geography of Development and Environmental Change Joe Hannah, PhD Autumn 2007 Welcome to Geog 270:

Today’s plan Welcome and Introductions Welcome and Introductions Quick overview Quick overview Review the syllabus Review the syllabus –Readings –Grading

Course overview This is not a course on how to “do” development. Rather, this is a course that asks tough questions about the many relationships between development and environmental change. Those relationships are frequently two- way – constituting both “cause” and “effect.”

Why Study Development and the Environment?

Persistent Poverty

Global Environmental Problems Persist Pollution Pollution Deforestation Deforestation Depletion of resources Depletion of resources Reduction in biodiversity Reduction in biodiversity …

Whose Problem?

Course Structure Part 1: Intro to Development Part 1: Intro to Development Part 2: Topics in Development and Environmental Change Part 2: Topics in Development and Environmental Change –Population and Consumption –Global Climate Change and the Third World –Agricultural “Modernization” and genetically Modified Crops Part 3: Reflections on Development, Environment, and Sustainability Part 3: Reflections on Development, Environment, and Sustainability

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