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Graduate Record 2008-2009 
    
Graduate Record 2008-2009 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

LAW6 647 - Ecosystem Management: Law and Policy


This seminar will address the challenges of managing environmental issues in the context of the human-natural systems within which they occur. These challenges include defining the character and scope of ecosystems; establishing the goals appropriate to managing ecosystems; and assessing institutional arrangements to achieve those goals. The inquiry will cover diverse problems (from biodiversity loss to watershed degradation and urban sprawl) occurring at multiple scales (from the local to the regional and global). It will concentrate on problems that are not adequately addressed by conventional environmental management regimes and on solutions that cut across existing institutional and jurisdictional lines. Readings will include emerging theoretical approaches, such as collaborative and adaptive management, and case studies designed to illustrate and test the theories. The case studies will provide opportunities to understand environmental problems in their particular social, political, physical and biological settings and explore solutions tailored to those settings.

Credits: 3