EnvStud 810 – Collapse or Survival of Societies

Self enrolment

EnvStud 810 – Collapse or Survival of Societies

Content:

From the ghostly stone heads of Easter Island to crumbling Mayan cities hidden deep in the jungle, the mysterious ruins of lost worlds and vanished civilizations continue to haunt us. How could such mighty societies fall? And could our skyscrapers one day stand derelict and overgrown like ancient temples?

Course Lecturer: Gerhard Berchtold, PhD

ECTS credits: 6

Coursebook:

Collapse. How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive.

Jared Diamond

Penguin Books, London, 2005

ISBN 13 978-0-140-27951-1

ISBN 10 0-140-27951-2

Jared Diamond takes us on an epic journey around the globe, through the history of humanity and on to the future, to discover how – when tomorrow comes – we can be survivors.