GEOGRAPHY 473:
GEOGRAPHY OF RESOURCES
FALL
2003
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Peter Kwaku Kyem
OFFICE: Diloreto 208 011
Telephone: 832-2801 E-mail: Kyemp@mail.ccsu.edu
Class
Time:
THURSDAY
5.15-7.50 p.m.
Office Hours: T&Th, 2.00-4.00 p.m., Wed. 11.00-12 noon,
and also by appointment.
Course Objectives:
This course is intended to convey the principles of and issues
associated with the management of natural resources, primarily in the United
States, but with reference to issues throughout the world. The
class will spend time looking at how natural resources around us have been
managed and why, and how they can be managed better and what we can do to
increase that possibility. When you have completed this course you will have a
good understanding of the basic issues involved in managing natural resources,
you will be conversant about the specific agencies that manage them in the
United States at the federal level and within the global community, and about
the economic systems within which the resources are managed, and how they manage
them. You will also have a good sense of how these issues play out in
human-dominated ecosystems and global politics and you will also know about some
important current issues in our local area in Connecticut, particularly those
involving land use planning and conflicts.
CLASS
SCHEDULE (click on each week's topic for notes):
A
tentative class schedule is provided below. The topics covered on any given day
may vary depending on the progress of the class, snow dates, and other
incidents. All assignments and projects will come with due dates attached. These
due dates, along with dates for exams may not change so plan accordingly.
SCOPE OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT & THEORIES OF
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
Weeks 1 & 2 ENDING SEPTEMBER 11TH 2003
The
Field of Geography and Resource Management
Ref: (1). Chapt 1 of Environmental Resources. (2) Chapt. 1 of Resource Management in Developing countries. Lecture 1 PGIS Aboma URISA
(3)
Chapter 1 of Exploitation, Conservation and Preservation. (4) Rees Chapter 2
Week
3 ENDING
SEPTEMBER 18TH 2003
Definition
and Nature of Natural Resources, Factors
of Resource Availability and Contemporary Resource Concerns in the United States
and the World, the nature of a resource, resource creation and destruction and
culture, scarcity and resources.
Week
4 ENDING SEPTEMBER 25TH 2003
Resource
Regimes, Ownership and Control of
Natural Resources, (common and open access properties and the tragedy of
commons). Refs: (1) Chapter 2 of Environmental Resources. 2) Daniel Bromley,
Common Property Resource 3) C. Ford
RungeCommon Property and Collective Action in Economic Development
4) Elinor Ostrom, Common Property Resources.
Weeks
5&6 ENDING
The
Moral and Philosophical Arguments about Private Ownership of Property.
1)
James O Grunebaum (1987) Private
Ownership 2) Property: its duties
and Rights (various authors) (1913)
3)
Jeremy Waldron, (1988) The Right to Private Property
EXPLOITATION
OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Weeks
7 & 8
ENDING OCTOBER 23 2003
The Land Resource: a) Food Production and Distribution, b) Technology (genetics) and Food Production. Food_Production_Lab Review_Questions Lecture1 Lecture2
Refs: (1) Chapter 4 of Environmental Resources. (2) Chapter 6 of Exploitation, Conserv. & Preserv. (3) Food First
Week
9 ENDING
OCTOBER 30TH 2003
Forests:
Ref:
(1) Chapter 5 of Environmental Resources (2) Natural Resources by Judith Rees
Articles
from Journals
Explanation of Project Work
Week
10 ENDING NOVEMBER 6TH 2003
Mineral
Resources
Ref:
(1) Chapter 8 of Environmental Resources (2) Chapter 13 of Exploitation,
Conservation and Preservation
(3)
Chapter 3 of Natural Resources by Judith Rees
Week
11 ENDING
Energy
Resources.
Usage and Effeciency
Ref:
(1) Chapter 7 of Environmental Resources (2) Chapt. 14 of Exp. Cons. &
Pres.(3) Natural Res. by Judith Rees
RESOURCE
EXPLOITATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Week
12 ENDING
Valuing
the Environment,
Cost Benefit Analysis, Ecological and economic Perspectives on Natural Resource
Exploitation, Environmental wealth and limits to growth, Sustainable Development
and Contradictions
(1)
Chapters 11&12 of Environmental Resources (2) Chapter 4 of Exploitation,
Conserv. & Preservation
(3)
Natural Resources by Judith Rees 4)
Redclift. Sustainable Development 5)
WECD. Our future
Take Home Exam (Fall2003_Graduate Students)
PROJECT
WORK: ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Weeks 13 & 14 ENDING DECEMBER 11TH 2003
Environmental Impact Assessment: Explanation of the project, Preparations for a field trip to selected project site.
Field
Work. Visit to project site, Analysis and Project Report
Final Examination......... December 18th 2003