Local Sustainable Development: Programms and Social Resistance
Semester: 2nd | Optional | ECTS: 7.5
Stream: A’ - B’
Module leaders: Sapountzaki Kalliopi, Chadjimichalis Costis
The module is not available for the current Academic Year
Module Objectives
The basic objective of the module is to elevate the possibilities but also the obstacles encountered by local agencies and populations of specific places in Greece and Europe so as to plan and implement their own social and economic development.
The module puts emphasis on local actions and programmes with positive outcome. The module focuses in particular on local social movements which either protect local resources by means of resisting actions, or proceed to positive action in the context of a social economy.
Among the aims of the module is to elevate the relationship between local economic development and sustainable development (environmental-economic-social) in the crisis period and to describe also the possibilities/limitations of social action toward sustainable development at the local level.
Post-graduate students have the opportunity to understand problems of Local Development by means of both theoretical and practical teaching material so as to be prepared for their participation in multi-disciplinary teams elaborating Local Development Plans and Programmes.
Course Content
The module includes the following topics: Defining Local Economic and Social Development and relationships with regional and urban development – The notion of Sustainable Development and inherent contradictions – Modern practices of Local Development and spatial division of labour in economic crisis periods – “Botom up” and “Top-down” development interventions, endogenous and exogenous development, Local Development supporting local environment protection.
The concept of Local Sustainable Development versus neo-liberalism, “Agenda 21” and the Aalborg Charter, national and European policies toward Local Development (Local Development Companies, Local Quality and Employment Conventions, cooperation networks, etc) – Local Development and natural resources – Local Self-government, NGOs and Local Governance – Informal economy, local labour markets, risks, uncertainty and resilience in Local Development – Local Development and adaptation to Climate Change.
Theories of collective social action, social enterprises, local social movements, social resistance and positive initiatives – The process of elaboration and layout of a Local Development Programme – Examples of successes and failures of LDP.
Teaching and Assessment
– Theoretical lectures
– Tutorials
– Oral and written evaluation of the tutorials (100% of the total grade)
Postgraduate Programme “Applied Geography and Spatial Planning”
Stream Α’
MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL AND HUMAN INDUCED RISKS AND DISASTERS
1st Semester | Winter
- Environmental Risks and Security | C | 7,5
- Natural Processes, Hazards, and Disasters | C | 7,5
- Vulnerability and Risk: Prevention and Preparedness | C | 7,5
- Social and economic impacts of disasters | Ε | 7,5
- Scientific Research Methods in Geography | Ε | 7,5
- Environmental Change: Observation and Prediction | Ε | 7,5
2nd Semester | Spring
- Emergency Planning | C | 7,5
- Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Planning | C | 7,5
- Coastal Zones Natural Hazards | Ε | 7,5
- Local Sustainable Development: Programmes and Social Resistance | Ε | 7,5
- Geoinformatics for Disaster Management | Ε | 7,5
- Applied Spatial Analysis | Ε | 7,5
- Governance of Environmental Risk | Ε | 7,5
- Institutions and Security Policy in European Space | Ε | 7,5
3rd Semester | Winter
- Postgraduate Thesis | C | 30
- Placement | E | 10
- Seminar | E | 10
Stream B’
SPATIAL POLICIES AND DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE
1st Semester | Winter
- Scientific Research Methods in Geography | C | 7,5
- Planning and Spatial Development: Theories and Practices | C | 7,5
- Geographies of Globalization | C | 7,5
- Migration Policy and Migratory Flows | Ε | 7,5
- Inequality and Segregation Issues in European Cities | Ε | 7,5
2nd Semester | Spring
- Urban Development and Redevelopment Policies | C | 7,5
- Regional Development and Policy | C | 7,5
- Development and Restructuring of Rural Europe | Ε | 7,5
- Local Sustainable Development: Programmes and Social Resistance | Ε | 7,5
- Applied Spatial Analysis | Ε | 7,5
- Demographic Trends and Challenges | Ε | 7,5
- Methods of Regional Analysis with Emphasis on Spatial Econometrics | Ε | 7,5
- Transnationalism and Human Geography | Ε | 7,5
- Institutions and Security Policy in European Space | Ε | 7,5
3rd Semester | Winter
- Postgraduate Thesis | C | 30
- Placement | E | 10
- Seminar | E | 10
Stream C’
GEOINFORMATICS
1st Semester | Winter
- Scientific Research Methods in Geography | C | 7,5
- Applied GIS Based Geographical Analysis | C | 7,5
- Advanced Topics of Remote Sensing | C | 7,5
- Spatial Databases | C | 7,5
2nd Semester | Spring
- Research Themes in Geoinformatics | C | 7,5
- Programming for spatial data analysis | E | 7,5
- Geomodeling | E | 7,5
- Geoinformatics for Disaster Management | E | 7,5
- Applied Spatial Analysis | E | 7,5
- Methods of Regional Analysis with Emphasis on Spatial Econometrics | E | 7,5
- Advanced Topics of Applied Geoinformation for the Environment | E | 7,5
3rd Semester | Winter
- Postgraduate Thesis | C | 30
- Placement | E | 10
- Seminar | E | 10
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