tailieunhanh - Master of Arts in Responsible Management and Sustainable Economic Development

Natural resources- definition, characteristics and classification of natural resources. Historical development of natural resource economics, major natural resource issues, role of economics in natural resource planning, policy formulation and management. Common property resources. Time and spatial analysis in use of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources. Natural resource accounting. Natural resource scarcity, measures to mitigate resource scarcity, individual utility and the social welfare function. Sources of inefficiency in natural resource use-market behaviour, property rights and government policies. Allocation of renewable and non-renewable resources under various market structures citing examples of fisheries, forests, water resources and land resources. Natural resource planning and management | Master of Arts in Responsible Management and Sustainable Economic Development Curriculum Development Omona Frank Sustainable Development July 2011 Abstract The establishment of the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies of Gulu University in 2003 has necessitated the introduction of more academic programs to meet the increasing enrollment rate of students. This can only be achieved through the development of more curricula to meet the demand. The University for Peace in her Africa program of capacity cooperation in the Great Lakes region has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Gulu University for fellows to undertake the task of developing new academic programs to be implemented at the Gulu University. This course of Sustainable Development is therefore part of a whole academic program to be implemented at the Bachelor degree level. The Bachelor of Arts degree in Peace and Conflict Studies contains at least thirty-five course units to be covered in six semesters within three years including this course of Sustainable Development leading to the award of a Bachelor of Arts Degree. The author used desk top research employing the resources at the University for Peace Library and internet sources to develop the curriculum coupled with rigorous supervision and guidance of qualified professors in the fields of Sustainable Development and curriculum design. The method of conducting this course will be mainly student-centered as will be seen in the lesson plan. This course is made up of sixty contact hours with thirty sessions of two hours each to be covered in fifteen weeks of lecture. Topics to be covered will include among others Sustainability Principles International and National Policies on Sustainability Sustainability and Green Economy Agenda the Private Sector and Sustainability and Towards Security and Sustainable Development. This research report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Responsible