ES4200 — Sustainable Communities
Sustainability is a normative concept, that is, it is oriented toward a state or set of conditions that ought to be. As such, a transition toward sustainability is perceived and experienced differently based on local context. This is especially true in rural regions, where the majority of environmental impacts associated with fulfilling human needs have occurred. This course will focus on the spatial and temporal patterns of human-environment interactions in a rural context, and the sustainability of linked human (social and economic) and natural systems. Specifically, this course will explore demographic, economic, cultural, and environmental changes in rural regions; the implications of natural resource use and reliance, and the challenges of sustainability to rural livelihoods and communities. pre-req: ESG major or minor