ENVI 5500

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the social, cultural, and political dimensions regarding resource and environmental management. Key objectives are to introduce, analyze, and utilize a range of frameworks for understanding the human dynamics of resource and environmental management decision-making. Because this course is integrated with ENVI5205 (biophysical dimensions of resource and environmental management) and ENVI5505 (law/policy dimensions of resource and environmental management) in the same term as required for the MREM program, there is a focus on common case studies to demonstrate the interconnectedness of these dimensions. Student groups in this course undertake in-depth investigation of the socio-political elements of resource and environmental management cases in Atlantic Canada.