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AKTU Introduction to Sustainable Development (MNGT401) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Minor Degree in Green Technology and Sustainability Engineering
Introduction to Sustainable Development MNGT401
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Official AKTU syllabus of Introduction to Sustainable Development (MNGT401) for B.Tech Minor Degree in Green Technology and Sustainability Engineering – 3 credits, L-T-P 3-0-0. Read the unit-wise course content, course outcomes, evaluation pattern and recommended books online, or download the PDF.
Syllabus — Introduction to Sustainable Development
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Course Outcomes: After learning this course, students will be able to:
CO1. To understand the fundamentals of sustainable development.
CO2. To realize the connection between sustainability and socio-economic development.
CO3. To analyze various dimensions of sustainable development.
CO4. To understand the framework of sustainability.
CO5. To develop understanding of sustainable development through case studies.
| Unit-1 | Introduction to sustainable development: Need & concept of sustainability; Objectives of Sustainable Development, Population, Poverty and Pollution, Environment and Development linkages, vision of sustainable development (MDGs & SDGs); Nexus between technology & sustainable development; Historical development and Current practices, international efforts in the direction of sustainable development and their outcome. | 8 |
| Unit-2 | Socio-economic development & sustainability: Fundamentals of ecology - types of ecosystems & interrelationships, factors influencing sustainability of ecosystems, needs of present and future generation; issues, requirements for sustainability: food security and agriculture, renewable resources - water and energy, non-renewable resources. | 8 |
| Unit-3 | Sustainable development: various dimensions: Components of sustainability – Complexity of growth and equity - Social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, current challenges - natural, political, socio-economic imbalance; needs of present and future generation Sustainability in national and regional context. | 8 |
| Unit-4 | Framework for Sustainability: Analytical frameworks in sustainability studies, sustainability metrics: criteria and indicators, Hurdles to Sustainability ,Operational guidelines, current metrics and limitations; metrics for mapping and measuring sustainable development, Science and Technology for sustainable development. | 8 |
| Unit-5 | Case studies & projects on sustainable development: Village resources (broad perspectives); visit to rural area with special attention to current challenges and thematic areas; village social hierarchy &economy; application of renewable energy and R-R-R concept. | 8 |
- Elliott, Jennifer. 2012. An Introduction to Sustainable Development. 4th Ed. Routledge, London.
- Rogers, Peter P., Kazi F. Jalal, and John A. Boyd. "An introduction to sustainable development" (2012).
- Sachs, J. D. 2015. The Age of Sustainable Development. Columbia University Press, New York.
- Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability. National Academy Press, Washington D.C. Soubbotina, T. P. 2004.
- Kerr, Julie. Introduction to energy and climate: Developing a sustainable environment. CRC Press, 2017.
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