Environmental Politics and Economics in Asia
Course Description:
In order to advance sustainable development globally, it is indispensable to change the course and mode of conventional economic growth in the Asian region, which has enjoyed rapid economic growth but faces environmental challenges. So we will study economic theories related to policies.
Course Narrative:
This class helped me open my eyes of the harsh reality that is happening to our world. I understood that our rainforests were in danger before, but because of this class I noticed there was a lot that I did not know. Our professor was Taiwanese, and English was actually his third language. Interesting because this was another class set to be taught in English. Because his English was limited, I had to step up my Japanese and speak to him in Japanese if I had any questions. This class turned from a seminar to a discussion class as there were only 6 of us total taking the class. It made it easier for us to discuss points we wanted to find out more about.
To help out our professor and his limited English, we were each given the task to discuss a chapter through a presentation. (PowerPoint) With this presentation, we were able to see how environmental issues affected the economic growth of an environment. A theory was presented how one day human population will grow so large that it will exceed resources available. After going over this presentation, we had to find a similar topic and discuss that as well. One topic I found very interesting was the overfishing epidemic. (Overfishing Paper) I noticed overfishing was a very popular debate topic, as it affects Japan’s culture and eating ways. Fish is the typical food for all Asian countries to feast on, but as populations continue to grow, so does the demand for fish. By controlling how much is caught, however, I found that this could allow fish to reproduce in time instead of prematurely and cutting down the population.
In order to advance sustainable development globally, it is indispensable to change the course and mode of conventional economic growth in the Asian region, which has enjoyed rapid economic growth but faces environmental challenges. So we will study economic theories related to policies.
Course Narrative:
This class helped me open my eyes of the harsh reality that is happening to our world. I understood that our rainforests were in danger before, but because of this class I noticed there was a lot that I did not know. Our professor was Taiwanese, and English was actually his third language. Interesting because this was another class set to be taught in English. Because his English was limited, I had to step up my Japanese and speak to him in Japanese if I had any questions. This class turned from a seminar to a discussion class as there were only 6 of us total taking the class. It made it easier for us to discuss points we wanted to find out more about.
To help out our professor and his limited English, we were each given the task to discuss a chapter through a presentation. (PowerPoint) With this presentation, we were able to see how environmental issues affected the economic growth of an environment. A theory was presented how one day human population will grow so large that it will exceed resources available. After going over this presentation, we had to find a similar topic and discuss that as well. One topic I found very interesting was the overfishing epidemic. (Overfishing Paper) I noticed overfishing was a very popular debate topic, as it affects Japan’s culture and eating ways. Fish is the typical food for all Asian countries to feast on, but as populations continue to grow, so does the demand for fish. By controlling how much is caught, however, I found that this could allow fish to reproduce in time instead of prematurely and cutting down the population.
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