Sustainable Resource Development (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24CGEO312
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Objectives:

  1. To learn the concepts related with Sustainable development and its role in reducing poverty and inequality in the world. 
  2. To get updated knowledge of Millennium Development Goals & Sustainable Development Goals.
  3. To critically evaluate the global policies and programmes for sustainable development. 

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning Outcome

(at   course level)

Learning &Teaching Strategies

Assessment Strategies

CourseTitle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainable

Resource

Development 

(Theory)

CO43: Acquainted with the concept of Sustainable

Resource Development 

CO44: Enhance knowledge on National Strategies and International Experiences

CO45: Detect the need and examples from different Ecosystems 

CO46: Evaluate the sense of Inclusive Development

CO47: Evaluate the global policies and programmes for sustainable development

CO48: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

 Approach in  Teaching:

 

Interactive            lectures,

Discussion,     Tutorials, Reading           assignments, Demonstrations.

  

  

Learning activities for  the students:

 

Self-learning  assignments, effective  questions, Seminar

presentation.

 

Class                  Test,

Semester               end

examinations, Assignments,

Presentation,

Individual  and

Group projects.

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Sustainable Development and Sustainability

  Definition, Components and Limitations  

12.00
Unit II: 
The Millennium Development Goals

 

Experiences, India’s Effort, Performance and  Strategies

12.00
Unit III: 
Sustainable Resource Development

Water Sustainability in Arid Regions,

Forest Sustainability in Mountain Regions,

Marine Resource Sustainability,

Resources and Sustainable Cities

12.00
Unit IV: 
Inclusive Development

Poverty and Inequality; 

Education (The role of higher education in sustainable resource development), 

Health: The Challenges of Universal Health Coverage; 

Climate Change: Policies and Global Cooperation for Climate Change  

12.00
Unit V: 
Sustainable Development Policies and Programmes

The proposal for SDGs at Rio+20; 

Illustrative SDGs; 

Goal-Based Development; 

Financing for Sustainable Development;  Principles of Good Governance; CDM. 

 

Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings:

  1. Agyeman, J., Robert D. B., and Bob, E. (Eds.) (2003). Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World. London, UK: Earthscan. (Introduction and conclusion.). 
  2. Ayers, Jessica and David,Dodman. (2010). Climate change adaptation and development I: the state of the debate. USA: Sage, Progress in Development Studies 10(2): 161-168. 
  3. Baker, Susan. (2006). Sustainable Development. New York, N.Y.: Routledge. 
  4. Brosius, P. (1997). Endangered forest, endangered people: Environmentalist representations of indigenous knowledge. Human Ecology 25: 47-69. 
  5. Singh, R.B. (Ed.) (2001): Urban Sustainability in the Context of Global Change. Science Pub., Inc., New Delhi, India: Enfield (NH), USA and Oxford & IBH Pub. 

Suggested Readings:  

  1. Lohman, Larry. (2003). Re-imagining the population debate. UK: Corner House Briefing. 
  2. Martínez-Alier, Joan. (2010). Sustainable de-growth: Mapping the context, criticisms and future prospects of an emergent paradigm. Ecological Economics 69: 1741-1747. 
  3. Merchant, Carolyn. (Ed.). (1994):Ecology. Atlantic Highlands, N.J., USA: Humanities Press. (Introduction, pp 1-25.) 
  4. Osorio, Leonardo., et al. (2005). Debates on sustainable development: towards a holistic view of reality. Switzertland: Environment, Development and Sustainability 7: 501-518. 
  5. Robbins, Paul. (2004). Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction. UK: Blackwell Publishing. 

 

 

     

    References: 

    E-Content

    1. AdvancesinAtmosphericSciences–Bimonthly,SPSciencePress,Paris0256-1538
    2. AtmosphericEnvironment–Annual,Elsevier, Netherland1352-2310
    3. AnnalsoftheNationalAssociationofGeographersIndia–Biannual, NationalAssociationofGeographers,NewDelhi0970-972X
    4. https://www.mooc4dev.org/ClimateLiteracy4All
    5. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-020-00652-6
    6. https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_hs96/preview
    7. https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/Home/Download
    Academic Year: 
    2024-2025