Emne - Environment, development and changing rural livelihoods II - GEOG8515
Environment, development and changing rural livelihoods II
Om
Om emnet
Faglig innhold
GEOG8515 is a reading course and the reading list will be decided upon individually. It explores different conceptualisations and (mis-) understandings of the links between development, environment and environmental change, and rural livelihood in African and Asian societies. The topics covered by the course include: *History of geographical thought: from environmental determinism to political ecology; *Social nature: social constructivism and environmental narratives; *Institutions, norms and collective action and the idea of the community as basis for natural resource management; *Hazards and vulnerability - Vulnerability: a useful concept or just another way of labelling; Vulnerability analysis in practice; *Environmental conservation and development: from Fortress conservation to Conservation and development; *Changing rural livelihoods and livelihood analysis: from farm to non-farm, and implications for the rural environments; * Environment and conflicts: the Environment as basis for conflicts.The course provides a continuation of the masters course GEOG 3515 Environment, Development and Changing Rural Livelihoods. Candidates who have not taken this course should attend the GEOG 3515 lectures and read the course literature.
Læringsutbytte
The course provides candidates with high competence on the the relationship between environment development and livelihoods in rural societies in Africa and Asia.
Læringsformer og aktiviteter
Paper.
Forkunnskapskrav
MA in Geography, or equivalent.
Fagområder
- Geografi