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| University of Toronto Department of Geography and Planning GGR223H | Environment, Society, and Resources | Winter 2019 |
| Professor Alana Boland Lecture: Wednesday, 2-4pm Tutorials: see A&S Timetable email: boland 'at' geog.utoronto.ca office: Sidney Smith 5006 |
| DESCRIPTION This course provides an introduction to environmental geography. It focuses on society-environment relations and different approaches to resource governance and management. This includes exploration of the spatial, social, and political economic origins and implications of humans' changing relations to nature. It draws on debates from environmental governance and political ecology literatures. The course also investigates the ways that different actors and institutions have framed and sought solutions to environmental and resource challenges. WEEKLY TOPICS (tentative) Introduction: Points of departure A problem of governance? Political economy and the environment Socionatures Case #1: The Lawn Scalar dynamics A question of development? A question of change? Case #2: Water Case #3: Garbage Environmental work GRADE
DISTRIBUTION (tentative): Tutorials meet six times during the term. These sessions are designed as part of the course. We will be working through important aspects of the assignments as well as lecture materials. Plan your schedule such that you can attend the section you sign up for. NOTE: Normally, students will be required to submit their course essays to Turnitin.com for a review of textual similarity and detection of possible plagiarism. In doing so, students will allow their essays to be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database, where they will be used solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism. The terms that apply to the University's use of the Turnitin.com service are described on the Turnitin.com web site. |
| Last update: July 3 2018 |