Geography 312LT - Envir/Developmet in Latin Am.

This course examines the spatially uneven, changing, and contested relationships between environment and development in Central and South America. We will focus on theories of development and of the causes and consequences of environmental degradation, reading these theories through the recent history of Latin America. Major topics include (post)colonialism, biodiversity conservation, resource extraction, gender relations, poverty reduction, peasantries and agriculture, and vulnerability to global change.

This course is open to Juniors and Seniors.; Prereq: One course from the department and one course in related social sciences at the 200-level.