GEOG 340

Focus on landscapes of inequality, global poverty, underdevelopment and development, and diverse approaches to implementing socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable and just development, in Canada and internationally in a post-colonial world. The course explores sustainable development, livelihoods, food security, natural resource management, migration, pandemics, conflict and disasters, sustainable agriculture and food security, gender, climate change, Indigenous knowledge, and community participation through the spatial lens of geography. Note: This course is offered as GEOG 340 and GDS 340. Students may take only one of these for credit. -- Prerequisite -- 45 university-level credits. -- Corequisite -- None. -- Pre or Corequisite -- None. Section information text: This course will have an optional field trip during regular class time. Please check ufv.ca/pges for more details one month prior to the start of classes.