Introduction to human geography perspectives on the historical transformation of the earth and current environmental issues. Political ecology explores the diverse, complex spatially and temporally variable, multi-scale and often place/region specific politics, political economy, and socio-cultural dynamics of environmental change and conservation. Special attention to communities, Indigenous peoples, women, environmental and social justice movements, and contested "development" and conservation initiatives.

Assist and conduct documentary, web research, participant-observation, and interview research on development on New England energy policy and markets, dam relicensing, and community/regional economic development; and history, politics, impacts of projects and communities around Romaine River Hydropower Complex, Quebec. Additionally, help organize and lead conference on electricity and rivers. Coordinate with other undergraduates and faculty in interdisciplinary team.

This course provides a critical exploration of the fundamental interrelations among human systems and the natural environment. We take as our focus a handful of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to examine the two-way interplay between environmental factors and issues related to poverty, hunger and food systems, gender equality, urbanization, inequality, and economic and socio-cultural change. The course enables students to consider major challenges related to the environment and sustainability at multiple scales, from the local and regional to the global.

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Survey of urban geographical analysis and the development of the world's cities. Theoretical and methodological approaches of urban geography used to explore cities as they shape and are shaped by their social, cultural, economic, and physical contexts. Topics include pre-industrial cities, industrial cities, the evolution of American cities, and contemporary urban issues in both developed and developing countries.

By the completion of this course students will understand the origin, composition, and structure of the atmosphere and oceans. The course is divided into a series of concept modules and associated learning objectives that are observable and measurable. By completion students will have improved their ability to analyze statistical data and gained skills in the interpretation and creation of multivariate graphs. They will be proficient in communicating new research findings on climate variability and change to diverse audiences.

Mapping projects through the use of software mapping packages. Students select their own final projects.

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