Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science: Geographies of Sustainability

<p>The course provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the dynamics of social and environmental change in particular places. </p><p>We cover perspectives from a variety of research fields, including land-change science and landscape geography, as well as political economy and cultural geography. It aims to advance students’ understanding of the spatial dimensions of social, economic, and environmental processes and their importance for sustainability challenges in different geographical contexts.</p><p>A focal point of the course is to recognise the geographies of place and how different forms of natural resource use and environmental change at the local scale are influenced by structures and processes cutting across scales, and vice versa.</p><p>Another key point is the engagement with empirical cases and real-world settings. The selected cases will seek to integrate approaches and perspectives from both human and physical geography, highlighting the interdisciplinary focus of the course.</p><p>Throughout the course, processes of unequal distribution and uneven development, for instance, within cities, between urban and rural spaces, and between different geographical regions, will be explored.</p>