Sustainable Development Syllabus for B.Tech 7th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Sustainable Development B.Tech (R13) seventhsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
To impart knowledge on the principles for balancing social, economic and environmental dimensions of development and the associated international and national frameworks
UNIT I : INTRODUCTION [9 hours]
Status of environment – Environmental, Social and Economical issues – Need for sustainability – Nine ways to achieve sustainability – population, resources, development and environment.
UNIT II : CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES [9 hours]
Concept of sustainability – Factors governing sustainable development – Linkages among sustainable development- Environment and poverty – Determinants of sustainable development – Case studies on sustainable development – Population, income and urbanization – Health care – Food, fisheries and agriculture – Materials and energy flows.
UNIT III : SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS [9 hours]
Need for indicators – Statistical procedures – Aggregating indicators – Use of principal component analysis – Three environmental quality indices.
[TOTAL : 45 PERIODS]
OUTCOMES: The students completing the course will have ability to
- describe the national and global environmental, economic and social issues and the principles of different sustainable development frameworks
- apply the sustainable development principles during the planning of developmental activities
TEXTBOOKS:
- Sayer, J. and Campbell, B., “The Science of Sustainable Development: Local Livelihoods and the Global Environment” (Biological Conservation, Restoration &Sustainability), Cambridge University Press, London, 2003.
- Kirkby, J., O‟Keefe P. and Timberlake, “Sustainable Development”, Earth scan Publication, London, 1993.
- Peter P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal, John A. Boyd, “An introduction to sustainable development”, Glen Educational Foundation, 2008.
REFERENCES:
- Jennifer A. Elliott, “An introduction to sustainable development”. London: Routledge: Taylor and Francis group, 2001.
- Low, N. Global ethics and environment. London: Routledge. 1999.
- Douglas Muschett, Principles of Sustainable Development, St. Lucie Press, 1997.
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