The Age of Sustainable Development" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.
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The Age of Sustainable Development
Columbia UniversityÜber diesen Kurs
Kompetenzen, die Sie erwerben
- Energy
- Sustainable Energy
- Urban Planning
- Environmental Protection
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Columbia University
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Lehrplan - Was Sie in diesem Kurs lernen werden
Course Materials
Information about the general course structure and reading list can be found here.
What is Sustainable Development?
Professor Sachs provides an overview of the challenges the world faces, and introduces the topic of sustainable development.
Inequality Around the World
Professor Sachs delves into the reasons for and the measurements of inequality between and within countries.
A Short History of Economic Development
Professor Sachs provides a history of economic development, starting with the Industrial Revolution and ending with the current state of modern economic growth.
The History of Inequality
Professor Sachs analyzes the intersecting roles of various factors that contribute to some countries advancing while others do not.
Bewertungen
- 5 stars81,16 %
- 4 stars15,43 %
- 3 stars2,28 %
- 2 stars0,78 %
- 1 star0,33 %
Top-Bewertungen von THE AGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The course is really helpful to understand the sustainable development and challenges the world is facing is explained in very systematic manner. the statistical representations were very helpful.
Really good course as introduction to Sustainable development, includes main concepts and history require to have a general understanding of the subject. Very good examples and tests
The course was very interesting and relevant but a lot of data is outdated, some links are not working or have been changed. I would advise to review the course according to the latest developments.
I learnt the true meaning of sustainable development across the 3 dimensions of People, Planet and Profit. Highly enriching and insightful. Kudos to Prof Sachs to make the course so engaging.
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