Content of the lesson

The term "sustainable development" is introduced and the institutions that define the term specified. The lesson outlines the global significance of sustainable development and identifies the three main dimensions of sustainable development. Sustainable development indicators are discussed critically and challenges addressed that sustainable development brings along at both, individual and collective level in the North and South.


Target group

Introductory lesson for Bachelor students.


Courses in which the lesson has been used so far

Humangeographie I (GEO 112): 1st semester geography students (ca. 140 students): 2007 (Mark Starmanns, Michelle Engeler)

Humangeographie I (GEO 112): 1st semester geography students (ca. 140 students): 2012 (Ulrike Müller-Böker)






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