The module equips student in economic principles and techniques applied to environmental and natural resource management; explain the role of environmental economics in the development process in general, and in the integrated management of environmental resources in particular. This course provides students with both theoretical and empirical knowledge about the operation and the management of environment and development projects in developing economies.
Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Theoretical tools of economic analysis relevant to the problems of environment particularly in less developed countries
- current policy debates and policy making process relating to environment economics as well as linking policy research and policy-making process and implementation.
- Dimensions and aspects of development projects.
- Range of established techniques of enquiry or methods in management of development projects
Lecturers:
Prof Elias BIZURU (Module Leader)
Dr Theophile NIYONZIMA
The aims of the course are to develop students’ capacity to think critically about environmental governance issues and to discuss solutions to problems at the local, national and global levels. The course will explore the roles of governments, non-governmental organisations and civil society organizations in environmental
management aspects.
The aim of this module is to discuss with students major issues related
to environmental governance at all levels.
- In details the module will cover the following topics:
- Major environmental problems at global, regional and national levels;
- Major drivers of environmental change around the World;
- Major themes in environmental governance (EG) at the global level;
- Key challenges to effective Global Environmental Governance (GEG);
- Proposed Models for GEG reform;
- Principles of good EG;
- The role of state and non-state stakeholders in EG;
- National and global instruments in EG;
- Current status of EG in Rwanda. As a case study, the module will analyze key issues in EG in Rwanda through the assessment of existing policies and strategies.
Learning Outcomes
- At the end of the module the students should be able to:
- Explain major environmental problems at both international, regional and national levels;
- Explain major drivers of environmental change around the World;
- Discuss major themes in environmental governance;
- Analyze key challenges to effective global environmental governance;
- Discuss models for global environmental governance reform
- Explain key principles of good environmental governance,
- Explain the role of state and non-state actors in environmental governance at the global level;
- Analyze key national and global instruments in environmental governance;
- Discuss key issues in environmental governance in Rwanda through the assessment of existing laws, policies, and strategies.
The main teaching and learning methods are based on lecturer-led introductory
lectures, followed by student contributions. The latter will include active participation in discussions, group work in case study discussions, and (written and oral) presentation of case study contributions in plenary sessions.
Module coordinator:
Gaspard Rwanyiziri, Ph.D.
Tel.: +250 (0) 7 88 68 14 38
E-mail: grwanyiziri@ur.ac.rw
The aim of the module is to equip students with the understanding of environment, the relationship between its components, the impacts of exploitation of environment, and strategies for efficient use of environment oriented towards sustainable development.
Indicative content:
Theory:
- Component of the environment
- Interaction environmental components
- Changes of the environment over time
- Efficient utilization of resources and minimization of waste
- Development and utilization of environmental technologies
- Some response to emergencies
- The concept of development
- Sustainable development: defining a new paradigm
- The economic perspective
- The ecological perspective
- The social perspective
- A synthesis of perspectives
- New goals and new policies for the twenty-first century, Agenda 21
Practical
- Quick assessment of environmental impact from products and manufacturing processes
- Group Presentations on various topics related to Environment and Sustainable Development
In this course we should understand the usefulness of Geo-information (GIS, RS, Earth observation, GPS, etc.) for environmental management issues. Then be able to use spatial analysis and/or modeling to assess the environmental effects at local, national, regional and global level.
Finally a more holistic way of using (Spatial) Multi-criteria approach (sMCE) will be used