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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Geoinformatics and Spatial Science
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Amit Tubi
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday 12:00-13:00 room 26412
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Amit Tubi
Course/Module description:
The Earth's population is larger than ever and continues to grow, while the Earth's natural systems are experiencing unprecedented pressures. In light of these processes, the course focuses on a critical question: How many people can the Earth sustain? This question is examined from the perspective of human-environment relations, exploring the mutual impact between human systems and natural systems on global, regional, and local scales over time.
Course/Module aims:
The course comprises three modules:
1. World geography: human-environment interactions since the last ice age, including environmental effects on humans and vice versa
2. Environmental carrying capacity: population, food, water and energy, including questions about health the environment
3. Biogeography: the consequences of development on the environment
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Describe and evaluate the outlines of human-environment relations from a global perspective.
Critically assess the concept of carrying capacity.
Examine the interactions between population, food, water, and energy.
Identify the interactions between the global level and globalization processes with the regional and local levels.
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal lectures
Course/Module Content:
1. Introduction: Environment and Society
2. Environmental Impacts on Humans: A Historical Perspective on Human Development
3. Human Impacts on the Environment: A Historical and Spatial Perspective
4. Collapse? The Impact of Humans on the Environment and Back Again
5. Population
6. Food
7. Water
8. Energy
9. Ecosystem Services: Open Spaces and Biodiversity
10. Scale of Environmental Issues 1: Urbanization Processes and Basic Concepts in the Human Footprint
11. Scale of Environmental Issues 2: Calculating the Human Footprint and Transboundary Environmental Issues
12. Thule-Tuvalu: A Contemporary Look at the Consequences of Climate Change (Film in English and Discussion)
Required Reading:
דיימונד ג'ארד (תשס"ג) רובים, חיידקים ופלדה : גורלותיהן של חברות אדם, הוצאת עם-עובד (פרקים 4-5).
McCauley D.J. et al., 2015, Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean, Science 347 (6219), 247-254.
Cohen J. (1995) How Many People can the Earth Support?, Norton (ch. 12).
Falkenmark M. and Lannerstad M. (2010) Food security in water-short countries – coping with carrying Capacity overshoot, in: L. Martinez-Cortina, A Garrido and E. Lopez-Gunn (eds) Re-thinking Water and Food Security, CRC Press.
ספריאל אוריאל (2014) המדבור – בעיה מקומית וסיכונים עולמיים, אקולוגיה וסביבה 5(2), עמ' 152-160.
Ferguson A. (2002) The assumptions underlying eco-footprinting, Population and Environment 23, 303-313.
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 100 %
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