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Edition
04: 22 April, 2011.
Edition
08 : 16 November, 2012.
01. E-course : Diploma in
Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev)
SECTION A : DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS.
Study value :
04 points out of 18.
Indicative
study time: 112 hours out of 504.
Study points are
awarded only after the consolidated exam for Section A : Development
Problems has been passed.
First block : Poverty and quality of life.
Study value :
02 points out of 18.
Indicative
study time: 57 hours out of 504.
Study points
are awarded only after the consolidated exam for Section A : Development
Problems has been passed.
First block : Poverty and quality of life. [57 hours]
First Block : Section 1.
Analysis of the causes of poverty. [26.50 hours]
First Block : Section 2. Services needed for a good quality of
life. [26.50 hours]
First Block : Exam. [ 4 hours each attempt]
First Block : Section 2. Services needed for a good quality of
life. [26.50 hours]
Part 1 :
Introduction to the services needed for a good quality of life. [06.50 hours]
01. The bases of a good
quality of life.
05. Typical drawing of a
well/borehole area.
09. Complete system for waste
recycling.
Part 1 :
Introduction to the services needed for a good quality of life. [06.50 hours]
01. The bases of a good quality of life. (At least 30 minutes)
Sustainable consumption involves: “The use of services and related products
which respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life while
minimising the use of natural resources and toxic materials as well as the
emissions of waste and pollutants over the life-cycle of the service or product
so as not to jeopardise the needs of future generations.” (Towards Sustainable
Consumption : An Economic Conceptual Framework, Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Working Party on National Environmental Policy,
"Probably the best place
to be in this situation [economic collapse precipitated by peak oil and a
changing climate] would be on a subsistence farm in a village in Sub-Saharan
Africa or someplace that's not much effected by what happens in the rest of the
world. ” (Brown L., The Planet’s Scarcest
Resource is Time, film Videonation, The Nation,
Compare this with the situation described by Hausa-speaking Muslim
students from
“The wealth inequality among the rich and poor is very high, so the
income gap is widening. The wellbeing of the poor people is very low, and their
economic and social deprivation is increasing day by day. The position of women
in society is lagging behind, and the increasing proportion of educated people
is not satisfactory. The lives of children and of adults over 60 are not
improving over the recent years. The surrounding environmental quality is
deteriorating and pollution increasing. Competition for common resources such
as play-grounds, forest products, grazing areas, fisheries, etc., is increasing
over time. The city or urban problems are unmanageable. Due to urbanization and
urban migration, the problems like traffic, overcrowding, unmanaged waste,
flash flooding, and reduced recreation space are increasing over time. Overall,
happiness among the people is decreasing over the years. “ ( D.S.Rogers (ed), Waiting to be Heard : Preliminary Results of the 2012 Equity and Sustainability Field
Hearings, Part 2, Initiative for Equality,
Occasional Report # 1, Rapid City, June 2012, p. 131).
Sustainable societies involve “adopting positive qualities
that promote sharing, generosity, responsibility, prudence, concern, care,
simple living, community,
discipline, identity, traditional customs, traditional
beliefs and traditional values.” ( D.S.
“The following are perceived [ by interviewees in the
Wanale Division, Mbale, Uganda ] as important for the community to move towards
becoming a sustainable society: development of technologies and materials that
are less harmful to the environment; protecting the environment and natural
resources such as water and forests from pollution, over-use and destruction;
new energy sources that do not harm the environment; improving community access
to resources such as water and energy which should be accessed by everyone; and
cultivation of a good relationship among all human race, including among women
and men, the rich and the poor, among tribes and among nations.” ( D.S.
"I'm
called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those
who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and
more……This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you
don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore
you have more time for yourself…..I may appear to be an eccentric old man...
But this is a free choice." (President José Mujica of
Look at this slide:
11. The bases of a good quality
of life.
The role of the state, police, and military forces.
The
role of the state and local structures.
In
this period, Europe and the United States are discussing the purchase of new American
combat aircraft known as the JSF (Joint Strike Fighter), the unit price of
which can reach Euro 100.000.000. The manufacture of a JSF aircraft calls for a lot of
specialisation. Aircraft and other war machines enable us to take part in
conflicts at a distance, with serious consequences over vast territories.
Despite the great military advances of the past, including the domestication of
horses, the invention of stirrups, the English bow with a range greater than
200m, and in the 16th century, the invention of firearms, battles were in the
past local in nature. Until modern times they were mostly fought person against
person.
1.
Research.
Make a two-page analysis of the
consequences of the following developments on the physical security of individuals
and communities :
a) The development of tribal
organisations comprising several hundred people
(
b) The development of centrally
administered social organisation (chosen or hereditary chiefs) comprising a few
thousand people (Mesopotamia, +/- 5.500
BC ;Central- and
c)
The development of «states » with several tens of thousands
of people (Mesopotamia, +/- 3.700 BC ; Central-America +/- 300-
B.C. ; South America, China, South-East Asia +/- 0 .A.D. ;
Africa +/-
d) The development of modern means of
destruction.
Take
the degree of specialisation of activities at each level into account, as well
as the need to solve conflicts within the groups and between the groups.
The tasks of an integrated
development project.
The
smallest societies are nomad groups, typically with 5 to 80 members. It is
thought that people lived in such groups until about 40.000 years ago. Most people were living in
nomadic groups 11.000 years ago. There
are still some nomadic groups in
2. Opinion.
On one page, make a list of the basic requirements for the survival of
nomad groups.
General
resource : Diamond, Jared, Guns,
germs and steel, Vintage,
◄ First block :
Poverty and quality of life.
◄ Index : Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip.Int.Dev)
