Content/ Syllabus: Unit wise course content distribution
Course Started on 20th March, 2025
Credit - 04
INTERNAL EXAM - GOOGLE FORM ENGLISH
INTERNAL EXAM - GOOGLE FORM BENGALI
INTERNAL EXAM- GOOGLE FORM HINDI
Course Instructor - Shashi Kr Shaw, Dr. Parnsudha Karmodak, Dr. Mousumi Bakshi and Amrita Pal
Unit 1: Introduction
Economic Development and Sustainability- concept of environmentalism.
Stockholm Conference 1972, development of international environmental policy, the formulation of the concept of Sustainable Development , Components or pillars of sustainable development, Rules and framework for Sustaining Development, Earth Summit 1992 , Agenda 21, environment-economy interaction, the circular economy.
Lecture 1.1- Introduction - Some Concept, Economic Development, Sustainability
Lecture 1 & 2 Question & Answer Set
Lecture 1.3 Stockholm Conference of 1972
Lecture 1.4 Formulation of the Concept of Sustainable Development (includes components or pillars of Sustainable development)
Lecture 1.5 Rules and framework for Sustaining Development
Lecture 1.6 & 1.7 Earth Summit & Agenda 21
Unit 2: Challenges to Sustainable Development
MDGs, SDGs
Exhaustible resources and Renewable resources, Natural resources- Natural Capital Stock, the meaning of constant capital stock
Externality, environmental pollution as an externality, optimal level of pollution, common property resources, Coase theorem
Trans-boundary environmental problem, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol
Unit 3: Practices and Strategies for Sustainable Development
Environmental standards, Taxes and Subsidies
Pollution Charges and Abatement Costs, Marketable Pollution Permits
Role of inclusive and participatory management in sustainable development, Sustainable practices in agricultural, industrial, rural and urban development
Environmental Education and environmental ethics, Environmental conservation policies and Discounting for the future
References/Suggested Readings
1. Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability. National Academy Press, Washington D.C. Subbotina, T. P. 2004.
2. Elliott, Jennifer. 2012. An Introduction to Sustainable Development. 4th Ed. Routledge, London.
3. Rogers, Peter P., Kazi F. Jalal, and John A. Boyd. "An introduction to sustainable development."(2012).
4. Sachs, J. D. 2015. The Age of Sustainable Development. Columbia University Press, New York
5. David W. Pearce and R. Kerry Turner, (1990) Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment, Johns Hopkins University Press.
End Semester Examination: 35 Marks
The end semester examination shall be conducted based on written test.
Question Pattern: Students have to answer 1 questions carrying 10 marks out of given 2 questions
; 2 questions carrying 5 marks each out of given 4 questions;.
5 questions carrying 2 marks each out of given 8 questions;
5 questions carrying 1 mark each out of given 8 questions.