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Root number
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520168 |
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Semester
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HS2026 |
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Type of course
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Lecture |
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Allocation to subject
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History |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
An environmental history of natural resources |
| Description |
Natural resources have had a decisive influence on human development. Access to drinking and industrial water, to building materials and fuels such as wood, energy sources such as wind and sun, as well as fossil fuels like coal and oil, and the availability of arable land and pasture determined where people settled and how much the population grew. The limited availability or finiteness of natural resources has been discussed throughout many periods of history, from the political writings of Plato and Aristotle to criticism of early modern mining and the Club of Rome's 1972 report ‘The Limits to Growth’. The lecture will examine in detail the use and processing of these natural resources through a comparative approach across time and space, spanning from antiquity to the present day and providing an outlook on future scenarios. Since the concept of sustainability first appeared in connection with resource use – in 1713, in the context of concerns about ensuring a sufficient supply of wood for mining in the future – questions of sustainable resource use and distribution will always be central, from historical times to the present day. |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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Link to another web site
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| Lecturers |
Prof. Dr.
Christian Rohr, Institute of History, Economic, Social and Environmental History ✉
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ECTS
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3 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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No |
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Grading
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1 to 6 |
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| Dates |
Tuesday 14:15-16:00 Weekly
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Rooms
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