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Geographies of Environmental Governance (University of Zurich)

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Abstract

The course provides an overview of dominant and emerging trends in the theory and practice of environmental governance. The course addresses environmental issues as policy problems and explores how the environment is regulated, controlled, and contested by a range of actors and institutions. The course focuses on the spatial dimension of environmental change and uses key concepts from geography.

Objective

Course participants will develop a theoretically as well as practically informed understanding of recent issues and debates in contemporary geographies of environmental governance.

Content

The course provides an overview of dominant and emerging trends in the theory and practice of environmental governance. The course addresses environmental issues as policy problems and explores how the environment is regulated, controlled, and contested by a range of actors and institutions. The course focuses on the spatial dimension of environmental change and uses key concepts from geography (scale, region, network) to advance regional environmental governance thinking. The lectures are complemented by seminar classes to work on case studies in smaller groups of students.

General Information

Language
English
Levels
MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Registration modalities, date and venue of this performance assessment are specified solely by UZH.

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Geographies of Environmental Governance (University of Zurich)
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No time listed 2 h weekly

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