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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GEOG 345. Geography of Poverty


3.00
This course provides a geographical perspective on poverty faced by communities and countries of the world today. The focus is on how poverty is defined, measured and mapped, the causes and impacts of poverty, theories for ending poverty and organizations that work to address poverty. It includes a geographical study of communities and countries that have successfully alleviated extreme poverty.