Environmental History of China: From the Birth of the Yangtze River to the Building of the Three Gorges Dam

5 credits

Surveys key environmental changes in China's historical development on a global scale, from the geological formation of the Yangtze River to completion of the Three Gorges Dam in 2003. Topics include energy regimes, climate change, waste management, urbanization, soundscapes, agricultural practices, multispecies relations, timber trade, colonialism, ecological economics, and their entanglements with pressing socio-political and cultural rifts.