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 December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

No. of Printed Pages: 4 IMED-002)
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENT
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (PGDESD) I
M.A. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
U bY4 Term-End Examination December, 2016
MED-002 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSU'=S AND CHALLENGES
Time: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 50
Note: Attempt all questions. Marks for each question are indicated against it.

1. What is sustainable development Highlight its objectives. Discuss the effects of industrialisation and urbanisation on sustainable development. 15

OR

What are the global issues in sustainable development leading to the North-South divide.? 15

2. Describe country based civil society initiatives in protection of environment and sustainable development. 15

OR

Discuss the five of production technology. 5

Outline the alternate manufacturing technological paradigm. 5

Give an account of harnessing technology in the Asian context. 5

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

SAARC initiatives on environmental issues

Contribution of indigenous knowledge in health and medicine and artisanal technologies

Challenges to economic growth

Development of World Trade Organisation and its policies with regard to sustainable development


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