CP551 Sustainable Development (Nov 2012 – Feb 2013) last updated on March 07, 2013 “I
really appreciate the thoroughness of your sustainable development
curriculum. I will share that with some academic friends here.” - Earnest A. Lowe / Indigo Development (www.indigodev.com) Click here to give your comments |
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Announcement: model questions
are uploaded
Timeline (modified on 13 Dec, 2012) Class List (finalized on 04 Dec 2012) with
information on Project Title
(last
updated at 22.30 on 10 Dec 2012) Model questions (last updated in March 2013) Past examination papers: Aug2005; May2008; Aug2009; Dec2009; May2010; Jan2011; Sept2011; Jan2012; Feb2012 (Makeup); June2012 Comments
on the course content and delivery from Class2009, Class2010first and Class2010second
Course Materials (lecture & reference materials) Sustainable Development Project
(SDP) related Literature (last updated on 09 Dec 2012) Guidelines for SDP Presentation Assessment Session and
Defense (last
updated on 09 Dec 2012) Guidelines for SDP Final Report (last updated on 09 Dec 2012) Guidelines for Energy related SDP to be presented in the class (last updated on 09 Dec 2012) Click here to give your comments |
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Course material
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Module
1 (delivered on 12
Nov 2012; all materials have been updated): Components of sustainable
development: environment, economy and society. Games and group discussions to
introduce the need for sustainable development in today’s world.
Module 2 (delivered on 19 Nov 2012; all materials have been updated): Concepts of economic
development and human development. Economic development indices and their
critique. Human development index and its critique. Discussion on sustainable
development indices.
Module
3 (partly
delivered on 03 Dec 2012): Group discussion on economic
development, and the impact on public health and environment. Module
4 (partly
delivered on 03 Dec 2012): Group discussion on climate
change and development, and other environmental and ecological related issues
in today’s world.
Module 5 (delivered on 10 Dec 2012; all materials have been updated): Science, technology,
innovations and sustainable development.
Module 6 (all materials have been updated): Energy and transport for
economic development and human development, and their impact on sustainable
development.
Module 7 (all materials have been updated): Industrial and service sector
and their impact on sustainable development. Module 8 (all materials have been updated): Use of fertilizers and
pesticides, green revolution and agricultural biotechnology in the
agricultural sector, and their impact on sustainable development.
Module 9 (all materials have been updated): Globalization and its impact on
sustainable development.
Module 10: Information
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Guidelines for SDP Final Presentation for
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Session time: to be finalized in consultation with the students Time allocation for each presentation: 08 - 10 minutes to present and 05 minutes to defend Content of the presentation:
Defense of the presentation:
Marks assigned: Maximum of 20 marks |
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Guidelines for SDP Final Report: |
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Content of the final report: Report must contain the following in point form:
Format of the final report: Format of the report is entirely of your choice. Your
writing should be short and snappy (that is, to the point) and factual.
Sentences must be properly formed with no spelling mistakes. References used: A list of the resources used in preparing your report
must be provided at the end of the report in formal referencing style.
Harvard style is the most used format and you may find this URL handy: http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/.
Keep in mind that word to word
reproduction of material available elsewhere will disqualify you in the CP551
project component. Submission time: On or before 15 Feb 2012 (any delay would cost -2.5 marks per week) Submission mode: A hardcopy of the SDP final report must be deposited in the
letterbox of Prof. R. Shanthini AND a softcopy must be emailed to admin@rshanthini.com in *.pdf or *.doc (and NOT in *.docx or any other) format. Marks assigned: Maximum of 30 marks |
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Guidelines for Energy related SDP: |
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Presentation: Presentation will be scheduled during class hours during which the
student would convince the class the system proposed by him/her is a sustainable
solution to energy crisis. Duration of the presentation must be finalized. Content of the final report: Report must contain the following:
Format of the final report: Format of the report is entirely of your choice. Your
writing should be short and snappy (that is, to the point) and factual.
Sentences must be properly formed with no spelling mistakes. References used: A list of the resources used in preparing your report
must be provided at the end of the report in formal referencing style.
Harvard style is the most used format and you may find this URL handy: http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/.
Keep in mind that word to word
reproduction of material available elsewhere will disqualify you in the CP551
project component. Submission time: On or before 15 Feb 2012 (any delay would cost -2.5 marks per week) Submission mode: A hardcopy of the SDP final report must be deposited in the
letterbox of Prof. R. Shanthini AND a softcopy must be emailed to admin@rshanthini.com in *.pdf or *.doc (and NOT in *.docx or any other) format. Marks assigned: Maximum of 50 marks |
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Titles for SDP (last
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Probable SDP titles
may be found at the following open access journal sites: - Journal
of Sustainable Development Some suggested
topics: Ø Energy
recovery from wastewater treatment plants in the United States Ø Optimal and
sustainable groundwater extraction Ø Advancing
integrated systems modeling for life cycle sustainability assessment Ø Beyond
biomimicry: what termites can tell us about realizing the living building Ø The century
ahead: searching for sustainability Ø Is globalisation
sustainable? Ø Temporal
objects—design, change and sustainability Ø Role of
agricultural biodiversity in food and nutrition security Ø Global warming
potential impacts of organic farming Ø Demand
and supply structure for food in Asia Ø Optimizing
urban material flows and waste streams in urban development Ø Human
capital and sustainability Ø Towards
life cycle sustainability assessment Ø A
value function for assessing sustainability: application to Industrial
Buildings Ø
An economic instrument for zero waste, economic growth
and sustainability Ø Renewable energy
strategies for sustainable development Ø A new
paradigm of sustainability Ø Biofuels
in the energy transition beyond peak oil Ø Eco-efficiency
in primary metals production:
Context, perspectives and methods Ø Regional
ecological security assessment based on long periods of ecological footprint
analysis Ø Key
factors in planning a sustainable energy future including hydrogen and fuel
cells Ø Renewable
energies: Choosing the best options Ø Integrated
System Approach to Sustainability: Bio-Fuels and Bio-Refineries Ø Functioning
devices for solar to fuel conversion |
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