Access to the sea and sources of freshwater for domestic use and agricultural purposes has in the past determined the establishment of Mediterranean cities and shaped their destiny.
Today, in a context of global environmental change, urban sprawl...
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the major functionality of the open source GIS application QGIS. After presenting various definitions of GIS, the basic principles of modelling the infinitely...
This course provides the student with the tools to survive the 21st century – a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary introduction, for the engaged non-specialist, to the causes and consequences of, and responses to, the climate crisis.
We discuss in...
We live in a world where science is an intricate part of human societies: Whether it is a new pandemic, a genome editing, advances in space exploration or in artificial intelligence, our lives are inevitably affected by scientific and technological...
The course provides an overview of economics and social sustainability issues in the global economy. This course will provide students with theoretical concepts and models with respect to sustainability as well as hands-on experience in the new era...
This course will provide students with the opportunity to develop a geographical perspective on environment, health, and development. Through this approach, students will better understand the complex relationships among these three concepts across...
The word sustainability is found in urban development plans, corporate, public and civil sector annual reports, academic curricula, stock market indices and myriad of other messaging and publicity sources. Many professionals working in in the field...
The current scenarios of accelerated climate and social change are demanding proactivity and innovative responses from businesses, which requires that professionals from various fields incorporate sustainability knowledge into their training. This...
This course focuses on 21st-century nature writing, particularly on the variety of approaches through which contemporary literature represents and responds to nature in the era of the climate crisis. Its purpose is to demonstrate literature as a...
The course will explore what is understood by the term Mediterranean Environment. The main characteristics of the Mediterranean will be studied from an ecological, social, economic, political and cultural point of view. Emphasis will be given to the...