Water underpins all aspects of development. To evaluate water resources quantitatively, it is critical to understand water availability and water demand. How much water is there, and how is it distributed in space and time? How much water do humans and the environment need? And, how do these components translate into water scarcity? This course addresses these topics, providing a strong foundation in water resources.

Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 3 or Political Science 12; Math 2A or 3A or 34A; Pstat 5A or 5LS or 109 or Economics 5.

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ENVS163A . Perrone D 30 Days Ago

She is probably the best professor I have taken throughout my college experience. Even though lecture is not mandatory I went to all lectures because she is amazing at teaching and making the class interactive

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ENVS163A . Perrone D 5 Months Ago

This is for ENVS 163B. It is a tough class and arguably the hardest in the Environmental Studies department. Perrone is a great professor and extremely knowledgeable. Be prepared to study hours each day after class. You will struggle with early assignments, but your grade will improve throughout the course. Fortunately there was a generous curve.

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ENVS163A . Perrone D 9 Months Ago

Lecture itself is great! Very clear and quizzes are open note on your own. There is a textbook she wrote but I just scanned photocopies of it at the library, it's not really needed but good. Section is different. Very difficult problem solving sets that are graded harshly. The websites linked are old, confusing and difficult to use.

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ENVS163A . Perrone D 1 Year, 10 Months Ago

Dr. Perrone is by far the best professor I have ever had and it is not even close. I took two of her courses and they changed the way I thought about my degree and what I want to do with my career moving forward. Shes literally the best of the best and UCSB is lucky to have her.

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ENVS163A . Perrone D 2 Years Ago

Dr. Perrone was amazing! She is super passionate about what she teaches and cares a lot about her students. Quizzes were very manageable as long as you go to class and take notes. Weekly group projects in section were pretty easy as long as you show up. Textbook for the class not mandatory but can help learn material if you miss lecture.

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ENVS163A . Perrone D 2 Years Ago

Prof Perrone is so amazing and accommodating. I took 163A during Winter '22 during the weird online-in person mix, and the lectures had all the information required to complete quizzes/labs. The labs were incredibly relevant to water issues facing different regions, and we used real data from government water suppply websites, it was super cool

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