EEP 153population, environment, and DevelopmentCourse DescriptionRequired TextsJan. 31 Demographic Transitions (Trist)Feb. 7, 9 International Population Policies and Politics (Trist)March 9 Midterm ExamMarch 16 Population and Hunger (Trist)March 21–25 Spring BreakMarch 28, 30 Agriculture and Food Security (Trist)April 4 Internal/International Migration and the Environment (Marsh)Readings: From Beyond Six Billion, “International Migration;” Bilsborrow and Carr “Population, Agricultural Land Use and the Environment in Developing Countries;” Curran “Open Borders and the Environment;" The Economist, “The Longest Journey.”April 13 International Trade and the Environment (Marsh)April 18–25 Conservation Policy and Resource Conflicts (Trist)EEP 153 POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT Spring 2005 MW 3:00 – 4:00 209 Dwinelle HallCarolyn Trist, 4 Giannini Hall Office hours Wed 2:00-3:00 & Friday, 11:00, [email protected] Robin Marsh, 4 Giannini Hall Office hours T/TH 10:00-11:00, [email protected] DescriptionThis course offers a multidisciplinary view of the complex and contentious relationships between population, environmental change, and economic development. Two hundred years after Thomas Malthus wrote his famous treatise on population, the debates continue. Does population growth spell environmental disaster? Or do Western affluence and arrogance? What are the implications for economic growth (poverty/affluence), well-being, and social justice? How can we understand the causes and linkages? During the semester, we will examine different approaches to understanding interactions among population growth, environmental quality, and economic development, with attention to case studies and policy questions from around the world. Specific issues to be covered include the evolving demographic transition in different regions of the world, poverty and resource degradation, gender equality and development, food security, international migration, and population implications for water, land and biodiversity resources.Required TextsNewbold, K. Bruce. Six Billion Plus: Population Issues in the Twenty-First Century: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. Population, Environment, and Development Reader (available at Vick Copy Euclid/Hearst) Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series, 2000. Population Reference Bureau. World Population Data Sheet, 2004. (available on-line www.prb.org)UNFPA. State of World Population 2004. (available on-line www.unfpa.org/swp/swpmain.htm)AAAS. Atlas of Population and the Environment. University of California Press, 2001 (available online www.ourplanet.com)Living Planet Report. WWF, 2004 (to be handed out in class)Requirements and GradingCourse requirements include one mid-term exam (30%), a take-home final exam (30%), a research project (30%), and participation in discussion sections (10%). The mid-term will be given on Wednesday March 9th. The research project will due on the last day of class. Jan. 19 Introduction (Trist/Marsh) Readings: Newbold “Introduction;” Atlas “Overview;” Cohen “Keynote Address.”Jan. 24, 26 World Population Growth: Trends, Patterns, and Debates (Trist)Readings: New York Times “Demographic Bomb may only Go ‘Pop’;” “Introduction to Beyond SixBillion;” Engelman, “Human Population Prospects;” Graham and Boyle “Population Crises: From theGlobal to the Local;” United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2002Revision.Jan. 31 Demographic Transitions (Trist)Readings: Newbold Chapters 2 and 3; Hewitt and Smyth, “Is the World Overpopulated?;” Cohen “People Control the Growth of Human Populations; Bloom et al, Chapter 2, “Demographic Transitionsand the ‘Demographic Dividend.’” Feb. 2 Fertility and Development (Trist)Readings: Sen “Population Food and Freedom;” Gita Sen “Women, Poverty, and Population;” Lappé and Schurman, “The Power Structures Perspective.”Feb. 7, 9 International Population Policies and Politics (Trist)Readings: Crossette, “Has the Cairo Consensus Lost Momentum?;” Duden “Population;” Bandarage “Politics of Global Population Control;” Ross, “Politics and Paradigms” and “Malthusianism, Demography, and the Cold War.” Feb. 14 Population Change and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence (Marsh)Readings: Kelley, “The Population Debate in Historical Perspective: Revisionism Revised;” Eastwoodand Lipton, “Demographic Transition and Poverty: Effects via Economic Growth, Distribution, and Conversion.”Feb. 16, 23 Approaches for Understanding Population- Poverty - Environment Links (Marsh)Readings: Atlas, “The Theory of Population-Environment Links;” Newbold Ch. 6; Hunter, “The Environmental Implications of Population Dynamics; ” Scherr, “A Downward Spiral? Research Evidence on the Relationship between Poverty and Natural Resource Degradation.” Feb. 28 Population, Resource Scarcity and Conflict (Marsh)Readings: Ohlsson, “The Risk of Livelihood Conflicts and the Nature of Policy Measures Required;” Najam, “ The Human Dimensions of Environmental Insecurity: Some Insights from South Asia;” Howard and Homer-Dixon, “The Case of Chiapas, Mexico,” March 2 Population Change and Biodiversity (Marsh)Readings: McNeely and Ness, “People, Parks and Biodiversity: Issues in Population-Environment Dynamics;” MacFarland and Cifuentes, “Case Study: The Galapagos Islands;” Liu, Ouyang and Tan, “Changes in Human Population Structure and Implications for Biodiversity Conservation.”March 7 Midterm Review (Marsh/Trist)March 9 Midterm ExamMarch 14 Population Change and Fresh Water (Marsh)Readings: Gleick, “The Millenium Development Goals for Water: Crucial Objectives, Inadequate Commitments;” Postel, “Thinking Big About Small-Scale Irrigation;” Gleick, “Global Freshwater Resources: Soft-Path Solutions for the 21st Century.”2March 16 Population and Hunger (Trist)Readings: Frances Moore Lappé et. al. “Myths 1 and 3.” March 21–25 Spring BreakMarch 28, 30 Agriculture and Food Security (Trist)Readings: Atlas “Food Crops” and “Croplands;” Moore Lappé, Myth 5; Atkins and Bowler “From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution.” April 4 Internal/International Migration and the Environment (Marsh) Readings: From Beyond Six Billion, “International Migration;” Bilsborrow and Carr “Population,