Postgraduate Course: Management of Sustainable Development (PGGE11059)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | 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. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://xweb.geos.ed.ac.uk/~sallen/msd/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Special Arrangements |
Anyone wishing to enrol students from outside the School of GeoSciences should make a specific arrangement with the Course Organiser. |
| 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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