Course Description
The principles of sustainable development and various applied tools which are typically used for measuring social, economic, and environmental impacts of a policy initiative at any level. Human-environment interactions are also emphasized along with real-world applications of sustainability principles and tools at various levels.
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FUNDS OF SUST DEV
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course will help students in: a) augmenting their understanding about philosophy of sustainability; b) defining importance of sustainable development in modern settings; c) acquiring knowledge about application of principles of sustainable development in different sectors of the economy; d) developing some basic skills needed to analyze economic, environment, and social components of sustainable development for local, regional, national, and global policy analysis; e) evaluating a particular problem from sustainable development perspective; and f) applying knowledge learned and skills developed in practical settings.
Topical Outline
Class # Topic 1 Course Introduction 2 Environmental Tragedies and Social Disparities 3 Sustainability and Sustainable Development 4 Sustainability and Sustainable Development 5 Tragedy of Commons 6 Land Resources 7 Water Resources 8 Air Resources 9 Energy Resources: National and International 10 Energy Resources: Non-renewable energy 11 Energy Resources: Renewable energy; Announcement of First Assignment 12 Climatic Change 13 Climatic Change 14 Forest Resources/Wood Products 15 Forest based Ecosystem Services 16 Biodiversity: National and International; Submission of First Assignment 17 Environmental and Resource Economics 18 Life-cycle Assessment 19 Life-cycle Assessment 20 Lorenz curves and Gini coefficients 21 Abatement Cost Curves 22 Midterm Exam 23 Valuation of Ecosystem Services 24 Valuation of Ecosystem Services 25 Sustainable Agriculture 26 Food Security 27 Adaptive Ecosystem Management 28 Adaptive Ecosystem Management 29 Sustainability Examples. Announcement of Second Assignment 30 Sustainability Examples 31 Sustainability Examples 32 Ethics and Sustainability 33 Special topics; First Group presentation; Submission of Second Assignment 34 Special topics; Second Group presentation 35 Special topics; Third Group presentation 36 Special topics; Fourth Group presentation 37 Special topics; Fifth Group presentation 38 Special topics; Sixth Group presentation 39 Special topics; Seventh Group presentation 40 Special topics; Eighth Group presentation 41 Special topics; Ninth Group presentation 42 Special topics; Tenth Group presentation 43 Special topics; Eleventh Group presentation and Twelfth Group presentation 44 Final Exam; Submission of Detailed Summary of Project Works