ESS503 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
| Course Code: |
8740503 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Earth System Science |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Assoc.Prof.Dr. ÞÝÝR KILKIÞ |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
To review core concepts and history of sustainable development; to introduce student to innovative frameworks to sustainable development, including institutional analysis, common-pool resource management, and the often overlooked cultural and psychological underpinnings of environmental decision-making; to examine policy responses to environmental problems caused by economic development; to analyze social case studies and examples through the frameworks presented; to provide a forum for graduate students to present their own research interests and examples regarding sustainable development.
