Environmental perspectives on development Course code: L2103  Lecturer: Grace Carswell  Teaching block 2 (Spring-Summer)  15 credits  2 nd year course  1 hour lecture and 1 hour seminar each week  Assessed by an unseen exam  Lecturer: Grace Carswell  Teaching block 2 (Spring-Summer)  15 credits  2 nd year course  1 hour lecture and 1 hour seminar each week  Assessed by an unseen exam

 Focus on relationships between development and the environment: the consequences of development on the environment, environmental constraints to development and problems of development in marginal environments  Key theoretical approaches – sustainability, population, colonialism  Policy debates – wildlife and parks, water, climate change, biofuels

Environmental perspectives on development – course themes  From Development to Sustainable Development  European perspectives on nature  Colonialism, soil erosion and conservation  Historical perspectives on women and the environment  Population and environment: theories and case-studies  Climate change and development  Biofuels and energy  Water: scarcity and rights  Biodiversity  Managing wildlife: people, parks and CBNRM  Contemporary approaches to environment and development: MDGs  From Development to Sustainable Development  European perspectives on nature  Colonialism, soil erosion and conservation  Historical perspectives on women and the environment  Population and environment: theories and case-studies  Climate change and development  Biofuels and energy  Water: scarcity and rights  Biodiversity  Managing wildlife: people, parks and CBNRM  Contemporary approaches to environment and development: MDGs