ENSI225 — Intl Environmental Issues
This course will examine complex relationships between physical and social factors that contribute to unique regional variations and global significance of international environmental problems. The physical basis of major environmental issues including biodiversity, water resources and climate change will be discussed. In addition to physical and chemical factors, relationships of culture, demographics, geography, economics, history and politics will be explored as these factors may complicate a region's environmental problems. Students will be required to use spatial and analytical data to communicate multifaceted international environmental problems and defend the economic feasibility, social/political acceptability and scientific basis of potential solutions. This global perspective will allow students to analyze and defend adaptation and mitigation strategies for these topics.
Prerequisites: ENSI-119