79-397 Environmental and Public Health Crises in the City

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Cities throughout the world are our largest and most vulnerable population centers. Yet, since their origins, cities have consistently faced environmental and public health challenges from both natural and human made factors and their interaction. This course will explore some of these environmental and public health challenges and events over time, examining the factors that resulted in urban crises. A number of the environmental and public health cases considered will focus on Pittsburgh.

Prerequisites: none listed

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