ENVR 5800 — Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: TBostonTraditional
Examines ways of measuring ecological resilience, adaptation capacity, adaptation and mitigation strategies, and developing transformation pathways to new stable states. The effects of climate change are having wide-ranging impacts on people and nature. Climate mitigation and adaptation can slow or stop climate impacts and decrease their severity. Natural mitigation and adaptation strategies (nature-based solutions) offer sustainable approaches to respond to these challenges. Evaluates climate change impacts on natural systems and explores strategies that reduce and adapt to these changes, including impact assessment; evaluation of ecological health for ecosystems, habitats, communities, and populations; and response prioritization. Offers students an opportunity to build skills in informing and evaluating the potential for these strategies at local, regional, and global scales and opportunities to deploy these strategies.
Prerequisites
- one of:
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 31 | 33 | 94% | 2.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 50 | 50 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 26 | 47 | 55% | 21.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 24% · T 76% · W 24% · Th 24% · F 0%
Common patterns: T (76% of sections), MWR (24% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Subhrajit Saha (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Subhrajit Saha (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (ENVR course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ENVR courses · Plan it at numap.app