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18392 GEOGRAFIA POLITICA ED ECONOMICA, POLITICA PER LA SALVAGUARDIA DEL SISTEMA NATURALE E DELL'AMBIENTE in Political science, international security and public communication LM-62 VALLINO Fabienne
(syllabus)
MAIN TOPICS
- Middle East today. - Central Asia today. - Political Geography and Geopolitics. - Principles and policies to safeguard the Planet (climate change, desertification, water security). - Principles and policies for the conservation and the protection of Nature and the Environment. - Developed and developing countries; Least Developed Countries. - Geographical and ecological handicaps. - Natural disasters / Environmental disasters. - G20 and Cop26 on Climate Change.
Students will explore the great issues of our time, especially the so-called "Environmental Threats": mainly, pollution, deforestation, climate change, and water scarcity.
(reference books)
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE COURSE
1) Original English version of: - Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, 2006: a documentary - film directed by Davis Guggenheim; the international campaign of the former United States Vice President Al Gore to educate world citizens on global warming and its consequences on the Earth's surface. - Al Gore, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, 2017: a documentary - film directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk; former American Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, travelling around the world to train an army of activists and influence international climate policy.
2) Research on: - International fight against climate change and global warming and the European Union "Green Deal".
3) The Limits to Growth. Report by System Dynamics Group Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
4) Handbook of Environmental Materials Management Chapter: The Environmental Threats Our World Is Facing Today.
5) 2 further books, chosen from the updated bibliography that will be proposed to Students in the second semester.
- Paul and Annette Ehrilch, The Population Explosion - The Population Bomb, Simon and Schuster, 1971. - Paul and Annette Ehrilch, Extinction. The Causes and Consequences of the Disappearance of species, 1981 or also 1985.
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