Postgraduate Course: Management of Sustainable Development (PGGE11059)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://xweb.geos.ed.ac.uk/~sallen/msd/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course introduces the diverse range of approaches being used to achieve sustainable development. The approaches considered are likely to include international governance, national institutions, economic instruments, environmental regulation, technological innovation, new policy initiatives and grassroots participation.
The course considers various different scales for thinking about sustainable development, from global agreements to households and individuals. Some of the key themes that run through the course are the inter-relation and balance between economic and environmental decision-making; the consequences of upstream and downstream interventions; the imposition or adoption of regulations and incentives for environmental change; power and control over decision-making; and the role of experts and trust in information.
The use of these approaches at different levels of governance in a range of key sectors is considered, mainly on a case study basis. The course encourages a strongly interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of sustainable development and seeks to foster critical thinking and debate. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will have a good understanding of sustainability initiatives in a range a different topical policy areas. They will have knowledge of a range of relevant case studies, and an appreciation of the diversity of changes, in terms of sectors and scales of governance, necessary to achieve sustainable development.
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Assessment Information
Assessed only by coursework (there is no examination):
1. One 2,500-word essay, chosen from a range of titles related to the topics covered in the first 5 weeks of the course (50% of course mark).
2. Group project work on self-selected topics, students working in groups of four. Assessed by 30-minute group presentation to class (25% of course mark) and 1,500-word individual critical assessment of the topic researched by the group (25% of course mark). |
Special Arrangements
| Anyone wishing to enrol students from outside the School of GeoSciences should make a specific arrangement with the Course Organiser. |
Additional Information
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | case studies, sustainable development, sustainability, society, environment, transition |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Simon Allen
Tel: (0131 6)50 7215
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Course secretary | Ms Rachel Chisholm
Tel: (0131 6)50 2572
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