GES3470

Development and environment in Asia-Pacific and Australia

(ART)

Dr Priya Rangan

12 points + One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: Any second-year human geography subject or permission

Synopsis: Environmental and socio-cultural implications of economic and political transformations in the Asia-Pacific region. Explores interlinkages between agriculture, urbanisation, gender dimensions of industrialisation, and varied outcomes of transnational finance and investment in countries of the region. Issues include: economic strategies and development from colonial times to the present, ecological dimensions of development strategies, extended metropolitan growth and mega-city formation, nationalism and democracy.

Assessment: Written (6000 words): 60% + Examinations (2 hours): 30% + Tutorial: 10%