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Home > Degree Programs > Teaching & Courses > 2008-2009 Course Listing > Environmental and Resource Science for Policy
IGA-204: Environmental and Resource Science for Policy
Faculty: John Holdren
Schedule
| Day | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Day | 9/11 | ||
| Meet Day | T/Th | 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM | L332 |
| Review |
Description
This course equips students to understand and utilize insights from the natural sciences about resource utilization, human impacts on the environment, and sustainable development. The first part surveys current thinking about environmental and resource problems as well as how the scientific and technological dimensions of these relate to their economic, political, and management dimensions. It also reviews how environmental challenges vary by scale and location around the world. The second part introduces key science-based tools for illuminating environmental and resource issues, including estimation and comparison of natural and anthropogenic environmental change; analysis of growth and depletion; stock/flow modeling; risk assessment; remote sensing/GIS applications; indicator systems; and the use of scenario techniques. It also includes a systematic review of sources of environmental information useful in policy work. The final part explores how these approaches can be integrated with social science–based approaches in the design of effective environmental policies.