GGRB21H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Integrated Geography, Human Geography, Climax Community
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Question on malthus theories on midterm and final. There is biodiversity in classrooms (we are all humans, but there might be ants and within us there are little things that are other species) Introduce students to central approaches and debates in environmental geography. Develop an understanding of the different political, economic, cultural and ecological relations that shape and define particular environmental issue. All environmental issues depend on economic, social and political states at the time. Environmental issues change over time (more technology, direction of economy and different politics, and different lifestyles) Become acquainted with a number of defining environmental movements, issues and spaces of. Geography is about (obsessed) spaces and places! Acquire key skills regarding critical environmental thinking, writing and research. Midterm exam (40%) feb 16th: short questions and essay questions. Assignment (15%: part 1 (research proposal) march 2nd, part 2 (research paper) march 16th.
