DEVT 2004EX - Environment and Development
External - Semester 1 - 2018
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code DEVT 2004EX Course Environment and Development Coordinating Unit Anthropology and Development Studies Term Semester 1 Level Undergraduate Location/s External Units 3 Contact No face-to-face contact hours; up to 3 hours asynchronous `contact? on discussion board on MyUni. Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites At least 12 units of Level I undergraduate study Incompatible GEOG 2141, GEOG 2157EX Assumed Knowledge Basic/standard skills to use a computer and to use the internet. Assessment Quizzes 10%, 2000 word Research Essay or Report 30%, Discussion board contributions 30%, Take Home Exam 30% Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Thomas Wanner
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
Students successfully completing the course should be able to:
1. Comprehend the complexity and various forms and dimensions of development and environment issues
2. Distinguish the multiple dimensions of sustainability and the linkages between them, and how these dimensions
inform policy processes and outcomes
3. Discuss the history, usefulness and effectiveness of the concept of sustainable development
4. Understand how global capitalism and economic processes shape environmental change and policies
5. Critically assess the politics of sustainability and the various theoretical perspectives of development and environment
6. Communicate effectively about ideas and issues of development and environment in a variety of multimedia settings and
through a variety of multimedia technologies
7. Apply research, analytical and critical thinking skills to specific sustainable development problems
8. Apply multimedia technologies for the research, presentation and analysis of sustainability issues
9. Critically reflect on own learning about environment and development issues
University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Deep discipline knowledge
- informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
- acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
- accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
1-4 Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
5,7,9 Teamwork and communication skills
- developed from, with, and via the SGDE
- honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
- encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
6 Career and leadership readiness
- technology savvy
- professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
- forward thinking and well informed
- tested and validated by work based experiences
7,8 Intercultural and ethical competency
- adept at operating in other cultures
- comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts
- able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes
- demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges
6,8 Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal
- open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers
- able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
There is no prescribed textbook for this course. All required readings and other
learning and teaching activities and resources are available on MyUni.
Recommended Resources
Introductory Readings
Elliott, J.A. (2009).‘Sustainable Development.’ In Kitchin, R. and Thrift, N.
(eds.). International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, pp. 117-131.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2003). ‘Integrating Environment
and Development, 1972-2002.’ Chapter 1, Global Environmental Outlook (GEO) 3. Available at http://web.unep.org/geo/assessments/global-assessments/global-environment-outlook-3
Perreault, T. (2009). ‘Environment and Development’. In Castree, N. et al.
(eds.). A Companion to Environmental Geography. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Highly recommended:
Redclift, M. and Springett, D. (eds.) (2015). Routledge International Handbook of Sustainable Development. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis. Online book in library.
United Nations and SD
SD Knowledge Platform:
[highly recommended]
Agenda 21:
Major Agreements and Conventions
Recent Global Reports on Sustainable Development
UN (2015). Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
UN, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2014). An Action Agenda for Sustainable Development.
United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability
(2012). Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A future worth choosing. New York:
United Nations.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2011). Human
Development Report 2011:Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All.
New York: UNDP. Available at:
General readings: Sustainable Development and Sustainability
Books
Adams, W.M. (2001). Green Development: Environment and Sustainability in the Third World. 2nd edition. London:
Routledge.
Atkinson, G., Dietz, S., and Neumayer, E. (eds.) (2007). Handbook of Sustainable Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Baker, Susan, Kousis, Maria, Richardson, Dick and Young, Stephen (eds.). (1997).The Politics of Sustainable Development: Theory,
Policy and Practice within the European Union, London: Routledge.
Baker, S. (2006). SustainableDevelopment. London: Routledge.
Beder, Sharon (2003). The Nature of Sustainable Development. Newham, Australia: Scribe Publications.
Bigg, T. (ed.) (2004). Survival for a Small Planet: The Sustainable Development Agenda. London: Earthscan.
Diesendorf, M. and Hamilton, C. (eds.) (1997). Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an Ecologically Sustainable Future.
Sydney: Allen and Unwin.
Dryzek, J. (1997). The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jacobs, M. (ed.) (1997). Greening the Millennium? The New Politics of the Environment, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Elliott, J.A. (2006). An Introduction to Sustainable Development. 3rd edition. London: Routledge.
Johnston, J., Gismondi, M. and Goodman, J. (eds.) (2006). Nature’s Revenge: Reclaiming Sustainability in an Age of Corporate Globalization. Ontario: Broadview Press.
Johnston, R.J., Taylor, P.J. and Watts, M.J. (eds.) (2002). Geographies of Global Change: Remapping the World. 2nd edition. Oxford: Blackwell.
Keiner, M. (ed.) (2006). The Future of Sustainability. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
Kirkby, J., O’Keefe, P. and Timberlake, L. (eds.) (1995). The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development.
London: Earthscan.
Lafferty, W.M. and Langhelle, O. (eds.) (1999). Towards Sustainable Development: On the Goals of Development and the Conditions of
Sustainability, London: MacMillan
Lee, K., Holland, A. and McNeill, D. (eds.) (2000). Global Sustainable Development in the Twenty-First Century.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Neumayer, E. (1999). Weak versus Strong Sustainability: Exploring the Limits of Two Opposing Paradigms, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Purvis, M. and Grainger, A. (eds.) (2004). Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical Perspectives. London: Earthscan.
Sachs, W. (1999). Planet dialectics: explorations in environment and development. London: Zed Books.
Sachs, W. (ed.) (1993). Global Ecology: A New Arena of Political Conflict. London: Zed Books.
United Nations (2002). Global Challenge, Global Opportunity: Trends in Sustainable Development. New York: United
Nations.
OECD (2002). Working Together Towards Sustainable Development: the OECD Experience. Paris: Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development.
World Commission on Environment and Development (1987). Our Common Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Brundtland Report]
Journal articles/Book chapters/Papers
Adams, W.M. (2002). ‘Sustainable Development?’. In Johnston, R.J., Taylor, P.J., and Watts, M. Geographies of Global Change:
remapping the world. 2nd edition, pp. 412-426.
AtKisson, A. (2006). ‘Sustainability is Dead – Long Live Sustainability.’ In Keiner, M. (ed.) (2006). The Future of Sustainability.
Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, pp. 231-243.
Beckerman W. (1994). ‘Sustainable development: is it a useful concept?’ Environmental Values 3: 191–209.
Binswanger, H.C. (1998). ‘Making sustainability work.’ Journal of Ecological Economics 27:
3-11.
Diesendorf, M. (2001). 'Models of sustainability and sustainable development', International Journal of Agricultural
Resources, Governance and Ecology 1 (2): 109-122.
Diesendorf, M.(2000). 'Sustainability and sustainable development', in Dunphy, D, Benveniste, J, Griffiths, A and Sutton, P (eds.). Sustainability: The corporate challenge of the 21st century, Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Chasek, P.S. and M.A.L. Miller (2005). ‘Sustainable Development in the Twenty-First Century.’ In M.Snarr and D.N. Snarr (eds.). Introducing Global Issues. 3rd edition. Boulder: Lynne Rienner.
Ekins, P. (1993). ‘Making development sustainable.’ In Sachs, W. (ed.). Global Ecology: A New Arena of Political
Conflict. London: Zed Books, pp. 91-103.
Fisher, W.F. (1995). ‘Full of Sound and Fury? Struggling Toward Sustainable
Development in India’s Narmada Valley.’ In W.F. Fisher (ed.). Toward Sustainable Development: Struggling Over
India’s Narmada River. London: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 445-461.
Glasby, G.B. (2002). ‘Sustainable development: the need for a new paradigm.’ Environment, Development and Sustainability
4(4): 333-345.
Harris, J.M. (2204) Basic Principles for Sustainable Development, Global Development and Environment Institute, working paper 00-04. Available at:
Holden, E. and Linnerud, K. (2007). ‘The Sustainable Development Area: Satisfying Basic Needs and Safeguarding Ecological Sustainability.’ Sustainable Development 15: 174-187.
Lafferty, William M. (1996). ‘The Politics of Sustainable Development: Global Norms for National Implementation’, Environmental
Politics 5(2): 185-208.
Lélé, S.M. (1991). ‘Sustainable development: a critical review.’ World Development 19(6): 607-621.
McManus, P. (1996). ‘Contested terrains: Politics, stories, and discourses of sustainability.’ Environmental Politics 5: 48-53.
McManus, P. (2000). ‘Sustainable development.’ In Johnston, R.J., Gregory, D, Pratt, G. and Watts, M. (eds.). The
Dictionary of Human Geography. 4th edition. Oxford: Blackwell.
McNeill, D. (2000). ‘The Concept of Sustainable Development.’ In Lee, K., Holland, A. and McNeill, D. (eds.). Global Sustainable
Development in the Twenty-First Century. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000, pp. 10-30.
New Internationalist (2000).‘Sustainability. Searching for Solutions’, No. 329 (Special Issue), November 2000.
Parayil, G. (1998). ‘Sustainable development: The fallacy of a normatively-neutral development paradigm.’ Journal of Applied Philosophy
15(2.): 179-194.
Parris, T.M. (2003). ‘Toward a sustainability transition: the international consensus.’ Environment 45: 12-22.
Redclift, M. (1992). ‘The meaning of sustainable development’. Geoforum 23(3): 395-403.
Rios Osorio, L.A., Ortiz Lobato, M. and A’Lvarez del Castillo, X. (2005). ‘Debates on sustainable development: towards a
holistic view of reality.’ Environment, Development and Sustainability 7: 501-518.
Robinson, J. (2004) Squaring the circle? Some thoughts on the idea of sustainable development. Ecological Economics
48(4): 369-384.
O’Riordan, T. (1993). ‘The Politics of Sustainability.’ In Turner, R.K. (ed.), Sustainable Environmental Economics and Management: Principles and Practice, London: Belhaven Press, pp. 37-69.
O’Riordan, T. (2000). ‘The sustainability debate.’ In O’Riordan, T. (ed.). Environmental Science for Environmental
Management. 2nd edition. Harlow: Pearson Education, pp. 29-42.
Sachs, W. (1997). ‘Sustainable development.’ In Redclift, M. and Woodgate, G. (eds.). The International Handbook of Environmental
Sociology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 71-82.
Sachs, W. (1999). ‘Sustainable development: on the political anatomy of an oxymoron’. In Sachs, W. Planet dialectics:
explorations in environment and development. London: Zed Books, pp. 71-89.
Saunier, R.E. (1999). ‘Sustainable development, global sustainability.’ In Alexander, D.E. and Fairbridge, R.W. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academics, pp. 587-592.
Sen, A.K. (2000). ‘The Ends and Means of Sustainability’. Key Note Address at the International Conference on ‘Transition to Sustainability’ of the Inter Academy Panel on International Issues, Tokyo.
Sneddon, C.S. (2000). ‘Sustainability in ecological economics, ecology and livelihoods.’ Progress in Human Geography 24(4):
521-549.
Taylor, L. (1996). 'Sustainable development: An introduction.’ World Development 24(2): 215-225.
Turner, R. K. (1993). ‘Sustainability: Principles and Practice.’ In Turner, R.K. (ed.), Sustainable Environmental Economics and
Management: Principles and Practice, London: Belhaven Press, pp. 3-36.
Williams, C.C. and Millington, A.C. (2004). ‘The diverse and contested meanings of sustainable development.’ The Geographical Journal
170(2): 99–104.
Woodhouse, P. (2000).’ Environmental Degradation and Sustainability.’ In Allen, Tim and Thomas, A. (eds): Poverty and Development into the 21st Century. London: Oxford University Press.
Online Learning
MyUni is the main site through which this online course is being taught. MyUni is an important learning tool and means of communication and knowledge exchange in this course. MyUni provides students with course materials, announcements and many other features to help manage their online study. There are Learning Modules which students are required to complete on a weekly basis.
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
The teaching in this course is based on student-centred learning principles and strategies. Students are seen as partners in the learning journey. A range of teaching methods are employed to involve and integrate the students in the learning process, and provide them with the necessary skills and knowledge of the topic. The teaching and learning in this course is about active, collaborative and peer-assisted learning where students actively participate and work together online in the learning process and take responsibility for their own learning.
The course is a fully online course which makes effective use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the online
teaching and learning environment of MyUni.
NOTE: Since you have enrolled in an online course, I will expect that your technology is working and you are skilled in using it, and that you are competent with MyUni.
Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
University policies suggest for a 3-unit course that there should be 12 hours of learning activities per week including attendance in lectures and tutorials. The times suggested here are guidelines for students to achieve the course requirements and to successfully complete the course. You will need to allocate appropriate time for your study:
6 hours online learning activities per week
4 hours reading and research per week
2 hours assignmentpreparation per week
Learning Activities Summary
The teaching and learning activties are structured and scaffolded on MyUni into weekly activties. There might be minor changes but t
the overall content is as follows:
Week 1 Introduction: Environment and Development
Week 2 Social Theory: Environmentalism, Developmentalism, Political ecology
Week 3 Conceptualisations of nature
Week 4 History and Actors of ‘Sustainable Development’: Rio+20 summit on SD
Week 5 Economic sustainability: green economy and green growth
Week 6 Ecological sustainability
Week 7 Political sustainability: green citizenship, green state, green democracy
Week 8 Cultural sustainability: gender, culture, knowledge
Week 9 Social sustainability: community, poverty and social justice
Week 10 Environmental Security, Justice and Ethics
Week 11 Global Futures: science and technology, education
Week 12 Conclusion, Review
Specific Course Requirements
This a fully online course. Students are required to have adequate technology and internet connections to be able to fully participate in the teaching and learning activities.Small Group Discovery Experience
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Weighting Learning Outcomes
1. Research Essay or Report (2,000 words) 40% 6, 7
(Formative, Summative)
2. Discussion Board Postings 30% 6, 7, 8
(formative, summative)
3. Take Home Exam 30% 1-9
(Summative)
NOTE: for all assignments, there will be penalty of 5% for each day late submission.
Assessment Related Requirements
1. Personal Learning Plan: need to be submitted to the course convenor by week 3.
There is a process of negotiating the assessment format (e.g. weighting of assessment (within 10%
maximum difference) and timing of submissions) at the beginning of the course. Students prepare a Personal Learning Plan (PLP), due at the end of week 3, which states their choices for assessment and feedback. This is like a contract between course convenor and student. Student have the responsibility to adhere to their outlined PLP.
2. Assessment: To be able to pass the course you must complete and submit for assessment all THREE (3) assessment components with all of its parts as described in this course profile.
3. Participation on the Discussion Board is a compulsory component of the course, and is monitored during the course. The discussion board are the learning space where we interact and discuss the course content. It is absolutely essential for your learning that you regularly do the work on the discussion board. You will not be able to pass the course if you do not participate in at least 90% of the weekly discussion board activities.
4.. Referencing: the Harvard (author-date) referencing system must be used for the written assignments. Your work needs to include references (references are not counted towards the word count).Assessment Detail
There will be more detailed information sheets for each assignments on MyUni. In addition, examples of previous students' assignments will be provided.Submission
All assignments are to be submitted electronically on MyUni.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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Student Feedback
The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.
SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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Student Support
- Academic Integrity for Students
- Academic Support with Maths
- Academic Support with writing and study skills
- Careers Services
- Library Services for Students
- LinkedIn Learning
- Student Life Counselling Support - Personal counselling for issues affecting study
- Students with a Disability - Alternative academic arrangements
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Policies & Guidelines
This section contains links to relevant assessment-related policies and guidelines - all university policies.
- Academic Credit Arrangements Policy
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Academic Progress by Coursework Students Policy
- Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy
- Copyright Compliance Policy
- Coursework Academic Programs Policy
- Intellectual Property Policy
- IT Acceptable Use and Security Policy
- Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy
- Reasonable Adjustments to Learning, Teaching & Assessment for Students with a Disability Policy
- Student Experience of Learning and Teaching Policy
- Student Grievance Resolution Process
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Fraud Awareness
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