Columbia University - The Age of Sustainable Development
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Duration | 30 hours |
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Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
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The Age of Sustainable Development at Coursera Course details
- The Age of Sustainable Development" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.
The Age of Sustainable Development at Coursera Curriculum
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Syllabus
Course Overview
Intro to Sustainable Development
Economic Growth and Progress
Continuing Poverty
Environmental Threats
Paths
QUIZ: What is Sustainable Development?
Inequality Around the World
Incomes Around the World
Urban/Rural Inequality
Income Inequality Within Countries
Measuring Wellbeing
Convergence or Divergence?
QUIZ: Inequality Around the World
A Short History of Economic Development
Economic Development is New
The Industrial Revolution Starts in England
The Great Waves of Technological Change
The Diffusion of Economic Growth
Economic Development Since World War II
QUIZ: A Short History of Economic Development
The History of Inequality
The Idea of Clinical Economics
The Role of Physical Geography: Transport, Energy, Disease, and Crops
The Role of Culture: Demography, Education, Gender
The Role of Politics
Which Countries are Still Stuck in Poverty?
QUIZ: The History of Inequality
The MDGs and the End of Extreme Poverty
The Reasons to Believe that Extreme Poverty Can Be Ended
A Strategy to End Extreme Poverty in Africa
South Asia: The Continuing Challenge of the Food Supply
A Closer Look at Official Development Assistance
Designing Practical Interventions: The Case of Millennium Villages
QUIZ: The MDGs and the End of Extreme Poverty
Growth within Planetary Boundaries
The Planetary Boundaries
Growth Dynamics
Growth and Planetary Boundaries: The Case of Energy (22:04)
Growth and Planetary Boundaries: The Case of Food (20:06)
Growth and Planetary Boundaries: The Case of Population (21:31)
QUIZ: Growth within Planetary Boundaries
Human Rights and Gender Equality
The Ethics of Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality
Major UN Covenants and Declarations
Divided societies
Forces of Widening Inequalities
Gender Inequality and Solutions
QUIZ: Human Rights and Gender Equality
Education
Life-cycle Approach to Human Development
Early Childhood Development
The Rising Returns to Education and the Supply Response
Social Mobility
The Role of Higher Education in Sustainable Development
QUIZ: Education
Universal Health Coverage
The Human Right to Health?
Poverty and Disease
Designing and Financing a Primary Health System in Low-Income Settings
Ten Recommended Steps to Health for All in the Poorest Countries
The Challenges of Health Coverage in High-Income Countries
QUIZ: Universal Health Coverage
Sustainable Food Supply and the End of Hunger
Malnutrition
Farm Systems, Ecology, and Food Security
How Environmental Change Threatens the Food System
How the Food System Threatens the Environment
Towards a sustainable global food supply
QUIZ: Sustainable Food Supply and the End of Hunger
Sustainable Cities
The patterns of urbanization around the world
What makes a city sustainable??
Smart Infrastructure
Urban Resilience
Planning for Sustainable Development
QUIZ: Sustainable Cities
Curbing Climate Change
The Basic Science of Climate Change
Consequences
Mitigation
Mitigation Policies
Policies and Global Cooperation for Climate Change
QUIZ: The Basic Science of Climate Change and Consequences
Saving Biodiversity
What is Biodiversity?
Biodiversity Under Threat
Oceans and Fisheries
Deforestation
International Dynamics
QUIZ: Saving Biodiversity
The SDGs
The proposal for SDGs at Rio+20
Goal Based Development
Financing for Sustainable Development
Principles of Good Governance
Feasibility of Sustainable Development
QUIZ: The SDGs
Final Exam
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