Human Settlement and Ecology

RD 305: Human Settlements and Ecology (1.5 Credits: 30 Lect.; 30 Sem.; 0Pract.)Prerequisite: RD 203

Content:
Theories of human settlement and urbanization; Drivers of human settlement; Evolution, size and growth of human settlements; Theories of rural-urban migration; Systems approach to human settlements; Ecological anthropology; Conceptualization of the relationship between environment and society; Review of the theories of environmental determinism, possibilism and cultural ecology; Human settlements and global ecological balance.