Detailed Description

This module is designed to promote a deeper understanding of the interactions between the natural environment and human society in particular geographical contexts through a field-based teaching and project work in Almeria, southern Spain. This region faces many social, environmental and economic challenges related to the overexploitation of soils and water resources, Spain’s continuing recession and political instability, and the drain of educated young people away from rural areas towards Spain’s cities or to other countries, among many other factors. Field activities will examine these issues through site visits and practical exercises, and by exploring the potential for making agricultural systems more sustainable, for adopting renewable energy and helping the area to adapt to climate change.