GEOGY520

Human Dimensions of Environmental Change

2027

30

500

B Trimester

Hamilton

GEOG520

This paper examines the increasing risks imposed on human communities by global environmental change. The paper establishes a platform for the critical analysis of human-environment relations by introducing students to important theoretical developments including the role of culture-nature dualisms, theories on population-environment relationships, political ecology, new approaches to the study of disasters and the increasingly important concepts of vulnerability and resilience.

Teaching Periods and Locations
27B (HAM)
Paper outline 		B Trimester :
12 Jul 2027 - 07 Nov 2027 		Hamilton 100% internal assessment

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Available subjects

Population Studies and Demography

Social Policy

Environmental Planning

Geography

Environment and Society

Additional information

  • Paper details current as of 11 Nov 2026 11:19pm