Exam Details

Subject Sustainable Development: Issues and Challenges
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development
Department School of Sciences (SOS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

No. of Printed Pages: 4
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENT
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (PGDESD) I
M.A. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
03306 Term..End Examination June, 2016
MED-002 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
AND CHALLENGES
Time: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 50

Note: Attempt all questions. Marks for each question are indicated against it.

1. What are the major challenges to sustainable economic growth How can sustainable livelihoods be achieved 15

OR

Explain the concept of inequitable growth. What are the indicators of inequity?

2. Discuss the regional issues and concerns that impact national development. 15

OR

Define sustainability and discuss the concept of sustainable development. List any five objectives of sustainable development.

3. Write short notes on any two of the following: 2x10=20

Ecosystem approach to sustainability

Sustainable lifestyles

Gender disparity and sustainable development

Community participation -success and failures


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Agriculture and Environment
  • Energy and Environment
  • Globalization and Environment
  • Integrated Environmental Management : Urban and Rural
  • Natural Resource Management : Physical and Biotic
  • Sustainable Development: Issues and Challenges
  • Towards Participatory Management
  • Understanding The Environment