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

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

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Lecture:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

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

Prerequisite(s):

1436 (v.4) Geography 111 - Natural Hazards - Geography of the Global Distribution, Causes and Impacts of Natural Hazards and Strategies Used to Minimise Risks or any previous version
AND
1437 (v.4) Geography 112 - Global Change - Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanisation and Social Inequality or any previous version

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 both government and non government, methodological issues relating to data collection, analysis and project evaluation.

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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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