2010-2011 Academic Catalog 
    
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2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GEOG 344 - Special Topics in Environment and Development

Type of Course: Seminar
Addresses specific topics relevant to critical and practical studies of environment and development. The course will operate on a seminar format with scope to accommodate reading groups on specific themes within the class. The topics will include, but will not be limited to the following: complexity theory, network theory and models; women’s movements and environment and women in environmental movements; environmental dimensions of the World Social Forum and related movements; the commons and common property in local and global forestry; indigenous knowledge, environment and local/global science; international case studies of sustainable development alternatives; regionally focused studies of environment and development in selected regions within Africa, Caribbean, Central and South America

Instructor: Ms. Rocheleau

When Offered: Offered every year

Faculty: Dianne Rocheleau, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Geography