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SP50227: Natural resources and sustainability

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2014/5
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 2
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Essay (CW 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
To provide frameworks for critical analysis and assessment of the micro-foundations of sustainable development. It will review and evaluate concepts of sustainability and the sustainable livelihoods framework and consider how it can be expanded to encompass the broader issue of wellbeing. It will then consider the implications of this for policy in different cultural and political contexts.

Learning Outcomes:
Students will:
* Develop a systematic and critical understanding of the evolution of the concept of sustainability in development;
* Develop an understanding of, and be able to critically evaluate, the sustainable livelihoods framework from its roots in concepts of entitlement and research on seasonality and vulnerability;
* Reflect critically on a range of topical issues concerning natural resource extraction and management in the developing world;
* Gain critical understanding of how heightened global demand for natural resources in developing countries is shaping local-level livelihood options and sustainability;
* Review and investigate the implications of this for policy in different social, cultural and environmental contexts.

Skills:
Students will:
* Develop a systematic and critical understanding of the evolution of the concept of sustainability in development;
* Develop an understanding of, and be able to critically evaluate, the sustainable livelihoods framework from its roots in concepts of entitlement and research on seasonality and vulnerability;
* Reflect critically on a range of topical issues concerning natural resource extraction and management in the developing world;
* Gain critical understanding of how heightened global demand for natural resources in developing countries is shaping local-level livelihood options and sustainability;
* Review and investigate the implications of this for policy in different social, cultural and environmental contexts.

Content:

* The sustainable livelihoods approach
* Sustainable development
* Sustainable livelihoods, development and conflict
* (Case study) Sustainable rural livelihoods
* (Case study) Sustainable urban livelihoods
* (Case study) De-agrarianisation and livelihoods diversification
* (Case study) Beyond the green revolution? Livelihoods and food security
* (Case study) Community-based natural resource management.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

SP50227 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2014/15 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2015/16 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2014/15.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.