Africa is the world’s second largest continent ... A dam is a barrier that blocks water to create a human-made lake called a reservoir. Dams can be used to produce hydroelectric power which ...

Claire Mercer is a human geographer working at the intersection of human geography and African studies. Her early work developed a critique of the NGO-ization of development, and subsequent work ...

Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Students concentrating on environment-society relations are advised to take the introductory courses in human and physical geography and then, depending upon their ...