General description

This course gives basic information and tools for understanding Asian social and environmental challenges and opportunities.

Learning outcomes

The objective of the course is to get the students acquainted with the costs and problems risen after the long era of economic growth in the region. Accordingly, the emphasis is in the opportunities of foreign companies, public institutions, citizens and NGOs to solve the huge social and environmental problems of local people, villages, cities and national economies.

Contents

The course introduces the students to understand the social, economic and environmental problems and threats connected to organizing and producing welfare services in Asia-Pacific Region. The course provides the participants a comprehensive overview of the challenges related, for example, to forests, agriculture and food production, position of women, child labor, pollution of waters, air and land, urbanisation, civil wars, infrastructure and success in applications of sustainable development policy.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	20 h	0 h

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

 

1. Brown, Lester R.: State of the World 2009, Worldwatch Institute, 2009.
2. Asian Development Bank: Asian Development Outlook 2009: Publication Highlights, ADB Books, 2009. Available online at www.adb.org
   
3. Other materials as given by the lecturer.