Module 5 - Development

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Introduction
What is Development?
World Development Today
World Development Throughout History
Development’s Downsides
Sustainable Development
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GEOG 30N Environment and Society in a Changing World

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Module 1 - Geographic Perspectives
Module 2 - Coupled Human-Environment Systems
Module 3 - Environmental Ethics
Module 4 - Individual and Collective Action
Module 5 - Development
Module 6 - Food and Agriculture
Module 7 - Urban Planning
Module 8 - Natural Hazards
Module 9 - Climate Change
Module 10 - Biodiversity
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Authors: Petra Tschakert, Assistant Professor of Geography; Karl Zimmerer, Professor and Department Head of Geography; Brian King, Assistant Professor of Geography; Seth Baum, Graduate Assistant and Ph.D. student in Geography and Chongming Wang, Teaching Assistant, Geography. Additional material provided by Daniel Kunches, Ph.D. student in Geography and HDNRE.

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