GEOG788F

In today s globalized world, national, regional, and local economies are intensely interlinked through global supply chains. Extraction of raw materials, manufacturing of products and assembly to final products and consumption are increasingly met by global supply chains that often involve large geographical distances and lead to global environmental change, such as climate change, water scarcity and deforestation and other land cover change, all impacting important ecosystem services. This development has been driven by a change in the level and composition of international trade. This course will explore 1) major trends of commodity trade in different regions of the world; 2) existing global trade database; 3) environmental accounting approaches and models, such as environmental Input-output analysis and life-cycle analysis; 4) social and economic drivers of local, regional and global land cover and land use change with regard to land displacement and deforestation.