Environment and development
Professor John McKay
12 points
* 2 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
*
Prerequisites: Major sequence in geography or permission of head of
department
Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should have an understanding of the complex inter-relations between economic development and environmental change in the Third World in the last fifty years; be informed about the difficult policy choices that governments in poor countries are being forced to make as they attempt to balance the necessity for growth against the need to protect the environment; and be aware of the difficulties in designing programmes to achieve sustainable development.
Synopsis The report of the World Commission on Environment and Development and the majority opinion at the recent Earth Summit suggests that unless major changes take place in the lifestyles of both the developed and developing countries, large parts of the globe will become uninhabitable within the next three decades. This subject examines the causes of environmental degradation in the third world and considers the prospects for more sustainable forms of development.
Assessment Report (3000 words)
* Research essay (6000 words):100%
Recommended texts
Blaikie P and Brookfield H Land degradation and society Methuen, 1987
Redclift M Sustainable development: Exploring the contradictions Methuen, 1987
World Bank World development report 1992 OUP, 1992
World Commission on Environment and Development Our common future OUP, 1987
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