Geography & Environment

• CAS GE 541: Economic Geography of Transport
  Examines the role of transportation in national and regional economies. Topics include regulation, deregulation, and privatization of transport system; logistical innovations and intelligent transport; economic impact of infrastructure; analysis and policy of traffic congestion and pollution; public transport in cities; and transport in developing countries.
• CAS GE 542: Models of Urban Transportation
  Models for analyzing multi-modal transportation flows and congestion over urban road and transit networks. Applications are developed in a Geographical Information Systems environment. Models are extended to urban land use and air quality applications.
• CAS GE 550: Modeling Environmental and Social Systems
  Techniques of organizing energy, environmental, or social systems into mathematical computer models. Includes the theory underlying different modeling techniques, programming skills, and a hands-on research project in which students develop their own models.
• CAS GE 555: World Oil Markets
  The world oil market is explained using the notion of supply chain. Each stage is described in terms of relevant theories from geology, economics, and politics, and how they interact to generate real-world behavior.
• CAS GE 565: Gis Modeling
  
• CAS GE 575: Topics in Applied Remote Sensing
  Applications of image processing and modeling in remote sensing for environmental problems. Classification, mapping, change detection, and ecological modeling; multitemporal and multispectral analysis of image data. Primary focus on optical remote sensing; discussion of emerging technologies such as Lidar. Student projects.
• CAS GE 594: Global Environmental Negotiation and Policy
  Key concepts, actors, concerns, and issues related to the process of negotiating global environmental policies. Overview of the international system and environmental problems; an international negotiation simulation; case studies of global agreements on ozone depletion, climate change, desertification, and biodiversity, among others. Meets with CAS IR 594.
• CAS GE 597: Development and Environment in Latin America
  Provides an empirically based understanding of the social and environmental aspects of economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for purposes of analyzing the numerous trade and development policies that nations in LAC are currently considering. Also offered as CAS IR 597.
• CAS GE 599: Science, Politics, and Climate Change
  Applies a science and technology studies perspective to climate change science and policy. Examines the relationships between scientific and political systems at global, national, and local levels. Also offered as CAS IR 599.

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