Urban Natures
GPHY 369
300-Level Courses
3 Units
In-person
3
one-way Exclusions
One 3-hour seminar per week
Please note that course information listed in the Arts and Science Course Calendar supersedes any information listed on the Geography and Planning website.
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Course Description
This course examines how interlocking systems of power produce urban environmental issues such as water access, climate disaster, infectious disease, sanitation systems, and foodscapes. It draws on feminist, political economic, Indigenous, and decolonial systems of thought to consider urban environments across the Global North and South.
NOTE: Field Trip fees may apply in certain years, maximum cost $150.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify the core tenets of key theoretical approaches in urban political ecology, including decolonial, political economic, and feminist perspectives.
- Explain how interlocking systems of power shape access to resources and differentially expose people to harm.
- Apply concepts of community resistance and resurgence to real world examples.
- Analyze case studies from the Global North and South to explain how urban natures are socially produced.
- Communicate complex ideas in written form.
Assessments
Subject to Change
- Literature review
- ArcGIS StoryMaps
- In-class team quizzes
- Fieldtrip reflections
- Final exam