GEOG_O 318 - Rural Geographies

Geographic perspectives in contemporary rural geography. Specific attention is given to social and environmental change, conflict and sustainability in Canadian and global contexts. Themes include transformations in the use of rural resources in agricultural, food, migration, and tourism production and consumption. Students are required to participate in short field trips and must arrange own transportation to/from sites within the Okanagan. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: Two of GEOG_O 128, GEOG_O 129, SUST_O 104. Third-year standing.

Credits: 3.00

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We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.

Vancouver Campus
6200 University Blvd
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Okanagan Campus
3333 University Way
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7

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