SYLLABUS FOR ARE 298 SECTION 16 Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar, Fall 2002 Population, Poverty & the Environment 1 Class Meets: Wed. 2:00-4:00, 201 Giannini Hall, 2 credits Web Site: http://are.berkeley.edu/~barham/ARE298/index.html OR go to www.are.berkeley.edu and click on course home pages Contributing Faculty Martha Campbell [email protected] Andy Gutierrez [email protected] Alain de Janvry [email protected] Ron Lee [email protected] Robin Marsh [email protected] Malcom Potts [email protected] Pedro Sanchez [email protected] Kirk Smith [email protected] Julia Walsh [email protected] David Zilberman [email protected] Faculty Office Hours: please make appointments by email GSI: Tania Barham ([email protected]) Lecture Topics August 28: Course review and requirements. (David Zilberman and Robin Marsh). Introductory Lecture: The Population-Development Debate:How/Does Population Growth Matter for Poverty and the Environment? (Lecturer: Ron Lee) September 4: Fertility, Development, and the Politics of Population (Lecturer: Martha Campbell, Discussant: Robin Marsh) September 11: Population Dynamics and the Demographic Transition (Lecturer: Ron Lee, Discussant: Malcolm Potts) September 18: Population, Food Production and Hunger (Lecturer: Pedro Sanchez, Discussant: Julia Walsh ) September 25: Population Impact on the Environment: A Factor Amenable to Change (Lecturers: Malcolm Potts and Julia Walsh, Discussant: Alain de Janvry) October 2: Population, Technology and the Environment: Poor vs. Affluent Countries (e.g. agricultural intensification, energy efficiency) (Lecturer: David Zilberman, Discussant: Martha Campbell )SYLLABUS FOR ARE 298 SECTION 16 Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar, Fall 2002 Population, Poverty & the Environment 2 October 9: Guest lecturer, Tamara Fox, Population Division, Hewlett Foundation / student presentation of research ideas. October 16: Models of Population Dynamics and the Earth’s “Carrying Capacity”: Renewable and Non-renewable Natural Resources (Lecturers: David Zilberman with Andy Gutierrez, Discussant: T.N. Narasimhan) October 23: Risk Management: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Assessing Environmental and Health Impacts of Pollutants (Lecturer: David Zilberman, Discussant: Tom McKone) October 30: Environmental and Health Impacts of Development (Lecturer: Kirk Smith, Discussant: Dan Kammen ) November 6: Environmental Impacts of Neglect (e.g. migration, erosion), and Institutions that Mitigate Resource Degradation Outcomes (Lecturer: Alain de Janvry, Discussant: Kirk Smith ) November 13: Poverty – Environment/Resource Degradation Linkages (Lecturer: Alain de Janvry, Discussant : Julia Walsh) November 20: Key issues in Assessing the Impact of Population Growth on Poverty and the Environment (Lecturer: Ron Lee, Discussant: Margaret Taylor ) November 27: Student presentations. December 2: dinner and evening of student presentations at Faculty Club December 4: Wrap-up student discussion plus presentation of Population-Environment Review Paper (future research needs) (Robin Marsh, David Zilberman, Tania