SUS-345 Resilience and Adaptation

Prerequisite: EES-111, EES-112, EES-113, EES-115 or SUS-120
How social change shapes the environment and how environmental change shapes society. “Adaptation” and “vulnerability” concepts compared and contrasted through social-ecological resilience and political ecology approaches. Case studies from the developed and developing world will illustrate the utility of these concepts for pressing environmental issues such as global climate change. 4 credits.