Course Details
Country:
Morocco
Institution:
Al Akhawayn University
Course Title:
Environment and Security
Course Number:
GEO5311
Course Description:
This course investigates how a host of unresolved environmental problems
are linked to the prevailing global economic and political system, and
examines how various actors, from small–scale producers to states and
international organizations, are responding to them. After introducing
365
students to the concept of environmental security, this course explores the
ways in which environmental degradation and competition fir resources
can lead to different forms of conflict, including local intergroup conflict,
civil wars, and interstate violence. The course also critically assesses the
environmental security approach. The concept of security is applied to
various contemporary environmental concerns, including food production
and distribution, access to water, energy procurement, control and
ownership of resources, so called “natural” disasters, epidemics, pandemics
and environmental refugees.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399
Attachment Files:
EVPP 436.docx
