University of Leicester - Concepts in Sustainable Development: An Introduction to the Key Issues
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Concepts in Sustainable Development: An Introduction to the Key Issues at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 6 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
Concepts in Sustainable Development: An Introduction to the Key Issues at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 6 weeks
- Weekly study 3 hours
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Concepts in Sustainable Development: An Introduction to the Key Issues at FutureLearn Course details
- In this course you will study the conceptual foundations of sustainable development, and discuss the issues around sustainability as a complex problem.
- We'll look at the flow of energy and materials worldwide; social and political issues; wealth inequality; the impact of geography, history and culture on sustainability today; and the problems of collective action. Finally, we'll conduct a SWOT analysis, looking at our resilience and prospects in the face of climate change and other global issues in sustainability. We'll ask: are we doomed?
Concepts in Sustainable Development: An Introduction to the Key Issues at FutureLearn Curriculum
Sustainable development and complexity
Welcome to the course
Sustainable development
Complexity
Issues in sustainable development
Summary of the week
A metabolic view
Introduction
Energy and order
Material flows
Intergenerational Justice
A closed economy?
Summary of the week
Beyond the average
Beyond the average
World Economic Growth
Growth of wealth
Inequality
Summary of the week
History dependence
History dependence
Geographical determinism
Cultural determinism
Historical determinism
Summary of the week
Collective action
Tragedy of the commons
Values and frames
Globalisation
Fishing
Collective action
Summary of the week
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Resilience
Technology
Development aid or trade
Education
Summary of the week and the course
Other courses offered by FutureLearn
Student Forum
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