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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-Rome (October 2021) and Cop26-Glasgow (November 2021) 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.
- European Union "Green Deal".
- Environmental Disasters, War, and Forced Migrations.
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
- Ilan Pappe, The Biggest Prison on Earth, 2017,
- Paul and Anne Ehrilch, The Population Explosion - The Population Bomb, Simon and Schuster, 1971.
- Paul and Anne Ehrilch, Extinction. The Causes and Consequences of the Disappearance of species, 1981 or also 1985.
- Norman Myers , The Sinking Ark. A new look at the problem of disappearing species, Pergamon Press, Oxford (UK), 1979.
- Rob White, Environmental Harm. An Eco-Justice Perspective, 2013.
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