Water Quality and Management
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Submitted by cmjones on March 9, 2007 - 1:11pm.Department:
ENV SCI
Course Number:
10
Course Title:
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Description:
A
survey of biological and physical environmental problems, focusing on
geologic hazards, water and air quality, water supply, solid waste,
introduced and endangered species, preservation of wetland ecosystems.
Interaction of technical, social, and political approaches to environmental
management.
Units:
3
Offered:
Fall and Spring
Course Type:
Undergraduate
Economics of Water Resources
Submitted by cmjones on March 9, 2007 - 12:57pm.Department:
ENV ECON
Course Number:
162
Course Title:
Economics of Water Resources
Description:
Urban demand for water; water
supply and economic growth; water utility economics; irrigation demand; large
water projects; economic impacts of surface water law and institutions;
economics of salinity and drainage; economics of groundwater management
Units:
3
Offered:
Spring
Course Type:
Undergraduate
Natural Resource Economics
Submitted by cmjones on March 7, 2007 - 2:03pm.Department:
ECON
Course Number:
C102
Course Title:
Natural Resource Economics
Description:
Introduction to the economics of
natural resources. Land and the concept of economic rent. Models of optimal
depletion of nonrenewable resources and optimal use of renewable resources.
Application to energy, forests, fisheries, water, and climate change.
Resources, growth, and sustainability.
Units:
4
Offered:
Fall
Course Type:
Undergraduate
Introduction to Marine Geochemistry
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 12:46pm.Department:
EPS
Course Number:
103
Course Title:
Introduction to Marine Geochemistry
Description:
Introduction to marine
geochemistry: the global water cycle; major processes governing the
distribution of chemical species within the hydrosphere; mass balances,
fluxes, and reactions in the marine environment from global to submicron
scales; relationships to physical, biological, and geological processes;
geochemical tracers and tools.
Units:
3
Course Type:
Undergraduate
The Water Planet
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 12:24pm.Department:
EPS
Course Number:
3
Course Title:
The Water Planet
Instructor:
Dietrich
Description:
An overview of the processes
that control water supply to natural ecosystems and human civilization.
Hydrologic cycle, floods, droughts, groundwater. Patterns of water use,
threats to water quality, effects of global climate change on future water
supplies. Water issues facing California.
Units:
2
Offered:
Fall and Spring
Course Type:
Undergraduate
Dutch Culture and Society
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 12:21pm.Department:
DUTCH
Course Number:
170
Course Title:
Dutch Culture and Society
Instructor:
Van Deusen-Scholl
Description:
The course will focus on the
culture of the Low Countries, including both the Netherlands and Belgium.
Through reading, audiovisual materials, the World Wide Web, guest lectures,
and discussions, we will cover the major social, political, and cultural aspects
of modern Dutch society. The course is organized around five larger themes:
water management and environmental issues; language and education; art, literature, and
culture; politics, religion, and social welfare; and social issues.
Units:
3
Offered:
Spring
Course Type:
Undergraduate
Vulpe, Chris
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 11:35am.Name:
Chris Vulpe
Research Interests:
We are investigating the use of genomic methods in environmental assessment and ecotoxicology. The long term goal of this research is to combine traditional approaches to water quality assessment with a genomic approach and develop genomic biomarkers of exposure to toxic compounds. Our goals are to predict the presence of specific toxic chemicals in the environment, enable prediction of the potential toxicity of a new chemical, enable us to detect the presence of toxicants in mixtures and predict the chronic toxicity of chemicals based on an acute exposure.
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Department Name:
Nutritional Science and Toxicology, Associate Professor
Sunding, David
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 11:26am.Name:
David Sunding
Research Interests:
Environmental and natural resource economics, land use regulation, water resources and law ad economics.
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Department Name:
Agricultural and Resource Economics, Professor
Stacey, Mark
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 11:22am.Name:
Mark Stacey
Research Interests:
Environmental fluid mechanics; transport and mixing in stratified flows; estuarine, lake and coastal ocean circulation; coupled physical-biological modeling; inverse modeling and parameter estimation.
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Department Name:
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Associate Professor
Sax, Joseph
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 11:09am.Name:
Joseph Sax
Research Interests:
water law, takings, preservation of natural resources
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Department Name:
Boalt School of Law, Emeritus Professor
