Environment & Development

Catalog description

In this course, we will study the ways that environmental stewardship and economic development are often at odds and how they might be more complementary. In particular, we will explore the concept of sustainable development and how development projects can balance economic demands and environmental stewardship. How can development projects be designed such that they use limited resources prudently and don’t generate pollution that threatens public health and contributes to climate catastrophe? What sort of regulatory policies should be put in place? We will use basic readings, case studies, and student research projects to analyze wrong turns and best practices in sustainable development.