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ENV S155

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ENV S 155 - The Built World: Infrastructure and Environmental Change

Environmental Studies College of Letters and Science

Full Course Title

The Built World: Infrastructure and Environmental Change

Instructor Name(s)

GRAY

Course Description

Introduces students to the built environment from a global perspective and explores the ways in which infrastructural arrangements are shaped by politics, technologies, ecologies, and ideas. Case studies include hydroelectric dams, nuclear power plants, pipelines, electrical grids, undersea cables, roads, bridges, canals, seawalls, and more. Students build on course concepts to research possibilities for ecologically adaptive and resilient cities in the age of climate change.

Unit Value

4

Maximum number of times course can be repeated for additional credit

0

Maximum Units

4

Prerequisites

Upper-division standing and either Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3 or 40.