Geography Of Social And Political Confilicts In A Changing Environment

Timetable

Wednesday 16:30-18:00

Room 242, Collegium Geographicum, Krygowskiego street 10

Module aim (aims)

The aim of classes is to give students the knowledge about changes ongoing in the contemporary world in terms of the environment and adaptation or adaptation problems of societies, nations and countries to face the transformation relevant to natural or human induced reasons.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

In the scope of regional geography on the first (B.Sc.) level of studies, an understanding of the interplay of natural and human activity related elements in the changing world.

Syllabus

Week 1: Introduction to problems of regional geography
Week 2: Introduction to environmental changes
Week 3: Introduction to political geography
Week 4: Social problems in various environmental conditions
Week 5: Health problems of mankind – historical approach
Week 6: Health problem of mankind – todays lessons
Week 7: Human migrations – historical approach
Week 8: Human migrations today
Week 9: Men and environmental changes in polar regions
Week 10: Men and environmental changes in tropics
Week 11: Men and natural disasters
Week 12: Geography of disease
Week 13: Global resources and politics
Week 14: War over water
Week 15: Environment and mankind future

Reading list

John Rennie Short « An Introduction to Political geography » Routledge, London and New York, 1993
Martin Jones, Rhys Jones and Michael Woods « An Introduction to Political Geography. Space, Place and Politics » Routledge, London and New York, 2004