Lecturer in charge of the module
Prof. Paolo D’Odorico (University of California, Berkeley)
Module Learning Objectives and Skill Acquisition
This module includes three parts and a conclusion. The first part concentrates on the food-water nexus, including the way the food and water systems work and are connected. The lectures will present drivers and processes underlying the water-food nexus, identify consumption trends and patterns of food and water redistribution. The second part will look at socio-environmental impacts of ongoing changes in global agriculture, including the effects of land use change and water withdrawals on environment and society. The third part of the course will focus on climate change and its impacts in water and food security. We will use a “flip-the-classroom” approach with students gaining first exposure to new material before coming to class, usually via reading or videos. Most lectures will be a combination of formal lecture followed by student presentations and in-class discussion of the reading assignments.