11544 (v.3) Geography 320 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

Lecture:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

11545 (v.2) Geography 220 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World

Syllabus:

Perspectives and concepts of rural development-early modernisation approaches through to green development, and gender and development. Contemporary issues of rural development-rural/urban imbalances, health, migration, poverty, resources, labour and work, cash cropping and subsistence production. Rural development practice-case studies, role of aid institutions for government and non government, methodological issues relating to data collection, analysis and project evaluation, plus one seminar presentation and a major research paper.

Field of Education:

90309 Human Geography

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

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