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Dec 04, 2024
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Goucher College 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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ES 215 - Political Ecology of Extractive Industries (4 Cr.) (WEC)
In this course students will focus on global resource extraction regimes and related energy and environmental implications. We will examine these pressing issues from ecological, social, and political perspectives. The political context for extractive industries will frame discussions regarding efforts to make extraction ecologically and socially responsible. This review is grounded in an understanding of energy demand which frequently shapes how and where energy and minerals are extracted. The course will examine global mining considerations, sustainability, and corporate transparency efforts through various case studies, including oil extraction and mining in Latin America and Nigeria, and hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania and Maryland. We will pay close attention to the social, economic and health impacts of communities directly impacted by mining, and examine the relationships of power that produce particular models of resource governance. Prerequisite: or permission of instructor. Variable semesters. Billo.
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