GEOG 146
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Description: Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of environmental quality and social justice. Premise that all people have right to live in clean environment and access resources to sustain health and livelihood. Investigation of under what conditions some people are denied this basic right and how some have fought back. Consideration of how certain groups of people experience effects of pollution or environmental hazards more than others, or lack basic resources; what social relations of production and power that contribute to these outcomes are; and how people have organized to demand environmental justice. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2022 - Taking a class with Prof. Herrera is always fascinating. He is a very chill, approachable, and funny person. I love to drop by during office hours and talk to him. The content in this class is exciting, as it thoroughly examines the environmental injustice in urban spaces. Many people liked the reading "Slow Violence," so it was brought up in many geography classes after everyone took GEOG146, which he offered for the first time in my quarter. The course comprises reading reflections, a final research essay, and multiple-choice quizzes—the workload is manageable. The open-ended research paper allowed me to go deeply into a fascinating topic. This is one of the most enjoyable geography electives; you should take it!
Spring 2022 - Taking a class with Prof. Herrera is always fascinating. He is a very chill, approachable, and funny person. I love to drop by during office hours and talk to him. The content in this class is exciting, as it thoroughly examines the environmental injustice in urban spaces. Many people liked the reading "Slow Violence," so it was brought up in many geography classes after everyone took GEOG146, which he offered for the first time in my quarter. The course comprises reading reflections, a final research essay, and multiple-choice quizzes—the workload is manageable. The open-ended research paper allowed me to go deeply into a fascinating topic. This is one of the most enjoyable geography electives; you should take it!
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