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Mar 04, 2026
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2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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GEOG 1070 - This Fragile Planet: Environmental Geography
Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to current environmental issues and challenges from the uniquely integrative perspective of geography. Topics include the basic processes underlying environmental concerns at local, regional, and global scales ranging from the global issue of the climate crisis, to the local-scale impacts of drinking water contamination. The interactions of geography, history, politics, economics, culture and environmental science when dealing with environmental issues will be explored. Some of the initiatives underway/proposed to secure a path toward sustainable accommodation & development of the world’s growing population will also be addressed.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 1010
Elective Code(s): LART, SSCI
Previous GEO* 203
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