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ENVP U6241Earth Systems, Environmental Policy, Policy Management

Postgraduate course

Project description

This first social science course takes a system-level approach to environmental policy problems. Students learn about defining an environmental problem; the politics of the environment; environmental agenda setting; pollution prevention; U.S. pollution control through regulation, public works, and market incentives; cross-media and cross-national environmental problems; and the response of societies, economies, and political systems to environmental issues. The course also discusses international environmental regime development, conflict resolution, and citizen participation in environmental decision-making.