Human dimensions of environmental change and sustainability (P02941)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : GEO-P-EDHDECS

The course will provide an introduction to a range of important environmental change issues from a human and societal perspective. This will provide students with the necessary background to understanding the policies, politics, governance and ethics, and the human decision processes that underpin environmental change. The course will adopt a thematic approach covering the following issues:
? climate change and energy;
? agricultural production and world food trade;
? land use and land cover change, ecosystems and biodiversity;
? land degradation and desertification;
? urban development and sustainable cities;
? water resources and quality.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Available only to postgraduate students

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences), (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
26/09/2008	09:00	13:00

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	09:00	13:00	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- insight into real world environmental change issues.
- ability to critically appraise the arguments surrounding such issues and be able to communicate to others the reasons for and against a particular course of action in response to different environmental problems.
- ability to use library and other desk-based sources of information in understanding these issues and in supporting their arguments.