Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LM Environment and Sustainable Development
School	Government
Department	International Development
Module Code	08 30295
Module Lead	Fiona Nunan
Level	Masters Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
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Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-20 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	In 2015, global leaders committed themselves to 17 Sustainable Development Goals, putting sustainable development at the heart of the global development endeavour. Climate change, degraded natural resources and the distribution of power and resources in managing the environment challenge poverty reduction efforts. This module introduces students to key concepts, literature and debates to investigate relationships between poverty and the environment, drawing on political ecology, environmental economics and common property theory. The module is informed by the 2015 book by the convenor, Dr Nunan, ‘Understanding Poverty and the Environment: Analytical Frameworks and Approaches’, published by Routledge.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: have sufficient knowledge and understanding to ask questions of environment and development, in terms of how they interact, whether environmental protection is compatible with development, who benefits, etc. Be familiar with the key concepts and terminology commonly used in sustainable development. Be able to critically engage with the politics of sustainable development and its relationship to poverty through a multi-dimensional perspective, appreciating the need to be able to identify and analyse dominant narratives Critically consider the relationships between poverty and the environment Engage with debates on the economic valuation of the environment Understand the underpinning concepts of natural resource management and critiques of community-based natural resource management Have an appreciation of the nature of the ‘natural resource curse’ and different explanations for this phenomenon Understand and be able to critically debate the issue of climate change through different disciplinary and geographical perspectives.
Assessment	30295-02 : Policy Brief (1 A4 side) : Coursework (50%) 30295-03 : Assignment - 3000 words : Coursework (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: A 4-page policy briefing, worth 50% of marks. A 3,000 word essay, worth 50% of the marks. Resubmission: resubmission of failed component
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