Sustainable development - between global and local perspectives (ERASMUS) 1900-ERASMUS-SDV
Sustainable development is one of the most important discourses of the 21st century. This multi-dimensional concept aims to integrate environmental, social, and economic aspects. This course presents sustainable development as a complex, multiscale system. The concept will be critically discussed using a range of different examples in urban, rural and natural environments. Concepts of ecosystem services and landscape will be introduced as a framework to discuss various aspects of sustainable development, including biological and social diversity, energy, water and food management, urban sustainability and human well-being.
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Efekty kształcenia
A student understands the concept of sustainable development. They can describe main development challenges and are able to discuss them referring to various scales and geographical settings.
Kryteria oceniania
Students’ presentations or written test: to be decided at the start of the course.
1. During the course: student's active participation in the classes is expected - asking questions, offering examples from their experience, etc.
2. At the end of the course: students may opt out of the final test and decide to prepare a presentation on one of the topics discussed during the course. The presentation happens during the class preceeding the final test class and is graded on the same day. Should a student happen to fail the presentation, they need to take the final exam. If a student is not satisfied with the grade received for the presentation, they can take the final exam (in that case ONLY the grade from the final exam is taken into consideration).
Active participation in the class = 40% of the final grade
Final exam = 60% of the final grade
Literatura
Kronenberg J., Bergier T. (2010), Challenges of Sustainable Development in Poland, Sendzimir Foundation, Kraków.
Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (2005), Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis, Island Press, Washington DC.
Sachs J. (2015), The age of Sustainable Development, Columbia University Press, New York.
More sources will be given during the course.