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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Explores the diverse connections between America's national development and natural environment. It examines how the U.S. originated, then expanded to cover a continental land mass, and the ways that expansion changed the nation. It analyzes how, why, and with what consequences major parts of the U.S. economy--for instance, farming, energy, services and government--have grown or in shrunk. It looks at how and with what results the U.S. has incorporated different ethnic and racial groups. It shows how, why, and with what outcomes it has historically globalized and conducted its foreign policy, and offers insights into current landscapes.
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Agriculture and food provide all people with a foundation for living. Our land and water resources provide food, fiber, medicines, industrial commodities, fuel and more. We investigate and analyze specific topics in agriculture and food and evaluate the environmental impact of our current practices. We look critically at the challenges farmers face to produce enough food for a growing world population and at the controversies over technologies used to address these challenges, and we will consider whether, and how, farming can be done in an environmentally-friendly and sustainable way.
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Examining the relationship between law and environmental policy, this course focuses on cases that have established policy principles. The first half of the seminar will be conducted using the Socratic method. The second half will allow students to reargue either the plaintiff or defendant position in a key case, which will be decided by the classroom jury.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Climate change has the potential to wreak great havoc over the next century, threatening ecosystems, economies, and human lives. Scientists are putting enormous effort into trying to understand the causes, effects, and possible solutions to the climate-change problem. Yet the public still has only a vague idea of what climate science actually says, and much of that is badly distorted. The course will explore how to communicate to the public about climate change through print, web and video, in ways that are at once clear, compelling, and scientifically rigorous.
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This course will use economic theory and statistical methods to analyze the environmental problems of the developing world. We will discuss the meaning of sustainability, the relation between population, poverty, and the environment, social norms and common property resource governance both local and global, the impact of international trade on the environment, the implications of climate change for development, the design of climate policy, environmental rat races, how to achieve international cooperation on environmental issues, and policies for regulating pollution in the developing world.
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Focuses on environmental challenges and sustainable solutions related to interrelationships between constructed and natural processes. Topic areas include resource conservation, sustainable practices, stormwater management, and habitat restoration. The format of the course is experiential learning with problem-solving research projects, lectures, and discussions. A central theme of the projects is to track the impact of land use and sustainable practices on the ecological balance of environments in and around Princeton's campus. Sample projects include: stream restoration; the health of Lake Carnegie; and the benefits of green roofs.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Biotechnology has given us the tools to manipulate both domestic plants and animals. Biotechnology may provide the means to allow crops to more rapidly adapt to changing health and environmental circumstances--including changes due to climate change--and to allow livestock to reduce their environmental impact. Case studies, and discussions with experts, will be used to evaluate these plants and animals created using biotechnology and advanced plant breeding techniques. We will also discuss the case against bioengineered foods and explore concerns over ethics, and adequate testing for their impact on human health and on the environment.
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This course will examine common property resources and social norms, the environmental implications of a concern for status, and how distributional considerations affect the valuation of damages from climate change. It will look at econometric approaches to estimating the damages from climate change, the role of taxes, tradeable permits and other instruments in climate policy, such as international environmental agreements, income, information, and other determinants of the willingness to pay for environmental protection in poor countries. The theory of environmental regulation applied to developing countries will also be discussed.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Course investigates the science, technology and business of oil amd gas from exploration to production, with a focus on business aspects, from acreage access and exploration to first production. Course also highlights the historical role of global politics and environmental expectations, examining the history of oil and gas production and current techniques to discover, develop and produce hydrocarbons. Engineering, drilling and production operations are reviewed in the context of enabling maximum recovery and economic returns on an investment. The evolution of the industry, and current and future trends are reviewed.
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The course aims to cover the critical developments of twentieth-century Europe and the consolidation of democracy in European countries. It will deal with the legacy of the two world wars, Nazism, Stalinism, the Cold War, the legacy of colonialism and decolonization, the birth and development of the European Community, the development of the welfare state, the problems confronting the European Union (immigration, enlargement, political institutions, military role), and the varieties of democratic institutions in Europe.
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