Browse Hierarchy GEG4014: Critical Geography: Environment and Society

This module provides a critical geographical framework for understanding the key issues of climate change, waste, population change and hazards and addressing questions of social and environmental justice. We begin by engaging with recent efforts to decolonise geography in light of the imperial origins of British geography and the historical and continued impact of European colonialism. This is the theme of our fieldtrip to the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). This provides a foundation for our focus on environmental racism and the unequal impacts of environmental change. Bringing together critical perspectives from human and physical geography, the module will equip you with knowledge and understanding of the causes, challenges and implications of these entangled social and environmental issues.