Interrelations of Population, Environment and Development

lsped1221  2018-2019  Louvain-la-Neuve

Interrelations of Population, Environment and Development
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Masquelier Bruno;
Language
French
Main themes
The first part of the course is an introduction to the principal theories of interaction between population, environment and development, including the Physiocrat school, the classic approach (Malthus and Ricardo), the Boserupian model and the systemic approach. The second part of the course is devoted to contemporary analyses of these problems: the nexus approach (poverty - environment, poverty - demographic growth, environment -demographic density, etc.), more physical approaches like the capacity of a given space to support a population, the balance of advantage of exploiting/exporting resources, approaches based on analyzing the spatial and/or temporal context, specifically by comparing the texts issued by the large international organisations with the scientific literature on the subject.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 This aim of this course is to develop an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to the issue of population, environment and development and introduces students to the principal theories and contemporary debates on these issues.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Other information
Bibliography
Véron, J., 2013, Démographie et écologie, La Découverte
Faculty or entity
ESPO


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Minor in Sustainable Development

Additionnal module in Geography

Minor in Development and Environment

Minor in Population and Development Studies