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Dunlap, Riley; And Others – Environmental Review, 1984
Presents descriptions (syllabi, outlines, goals) of interdisciplinary environmental studies courses. Topic areas of these courses include: environmental sociology; human ecology (politics, institutions, and the environment); humans and the environment in historical perspective; environmental management; humans, hazards, and disasters; and other…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Environmental Education, Higher Education
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Hughes, Donald; And Others – Environmental Review, 1984
Presents descriptions (syllabi, outlines, goals) of selected environmental studies courses which approach the discipline from an historical and humanistic perspective. Areas explored in the courses include human ecology, American environmental history, environmental politics, and others. (JN)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Ecology, Environmental Education
Fortner, Rosanne W., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – 1987
The purpose of this volume is to present a body of basic information about the Great Lakes that is current and based on sound research. Such information is frequently difficult to locate, especially in one reference, and equally difficult to decipher and evaluate. The 16 essays contained in this book deal with a variety of topics including the…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Science, Earth Science, Ecology
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Caldwell, Lynton K. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1996
Maintains that in the future the state will have to move beyond the politics of particular advantage (individual and group rights) to politics serving the general advantage (environmental concerns, economic development). Argues that current politics are dangerously outmoded in everything from their theoretical assumptions to data collecting. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Ecology, Economic Development, Environment