# Environment and Development

- Institution: IIT Guwahati
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Ngamjahao Kipgen
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109103186)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109103186)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The course will consist of theoretical application and environmental knowledge pertaining to sustainable development. The course analyses the reciprocal interaction between the physical environment, the social organization and human behaviour in the context of development. The course will introduce students with an overview of environmental ethics, debates and change and to facilitate their understanding and analysis of the inter-relationship between environment and development issues and apply them to their own experience and work. To enhance the students’ knowledge of the nature of and underlying causes of the most pressing environmental concerns and to understand how these impact on the lives and livelihoods of the local community. To look at the possibilities for environmental regeneration providing an analysis of case studies of local sustainable development initiatives and community based natural resource management. After the successful completion of the course the students will be able to comprehend the complexity and various forms and dimensions of development and environment issues and ground them in current issues and real life experiences.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG and PG students of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sciences and Engineering.

## Lectures

1. [Lec 1: Development, Economic Growth and Sustainable Development](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/7941b0bacd4a) (YouTube)
2. [Lec 2: Basic Ecosystem Ecology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/1040285cdf80) (YouTube)
3. [Lec 3: Environmentalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/2c99e279fad0) (YouTube)
4. [Lec 4: Environmental movement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/0448b032bb75) (YouTube)
5. [Lec 5: Environmentalism in the global south](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/dd5f2a3e5716) (YouTube)
6. [Lec 6: Ecofeminism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/b472f489b80b) (YouTube)
7. [Lec 7: Feminist political ecology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/449445b36f45) (YouTube)
8. [Lec 8: Marx and ecology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/64535b3f699f) (YouTube)
9. [Lec 9: Deep ecology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/331b8ba227ce) (YouTube)
10. [Lec 10: Gandhi and ecology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/c0fc00d9be16) (YouTube)
11. [Lec 11: Social ecology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/7692c3f5d86a) (YouTube)
12. [Lec 12: Religion, environment and histroical roots of ecological crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/b50b7fb5f235) (YouTube)
13. [Lec 13: Biodiversity conservation ethics in Buddhism and Hinduism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/b5625aa1fa0e) (YouTube)
14. [Lec 14: Christian religion in the age of ecological crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/5078cbeff882) (YouTube)
15. [Lec 15: Natural resource management](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/8f02adca27eb) (YouTube)
16. [Lec 16: Common property vs. private property](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/40b7259b305b) (YouTube)
17. [Lec 17: Livelihoods, forests, and conservation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/d64184d08f43) (YouTube)
18. [Lec 18: Conservation-induced displacement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/9fd47dee0b4b) (YouTube)
19. [Lec 19: Environment impact assessment and national rehabilitation and resettlement policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/ec42c0dc0b80) (YouTube)
20. [Lec 20: Dispossession and land acquisition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/a1a113e67ab3) (YouTube)
21. [Lec 21: Mining, development, and indigenous people](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/486379968e32) (YouTube)
22. [Lec 22: Competing visions of development along the Narmada](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/006d7d4d7e1d) (YouTube)
23. [Lec 23: Dams, development, and resistance: Case studies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/73376cccdb67) (YouTube)
24. [Lec 24: Development theory and gendered approach to development](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/2cb563bd84cc) (YouTube)
25. [Lec 25: Gender, environment and sustainable development](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/7c169a32ecef) (YouTube)
26. [Lec 26: Climate change interventions and policy framework](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/3eb2d71e2ea5) (YouTube)
27. [Lec 27: Eastern Himalayas and climate change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/27a85ca839b6) (YouTube)
28. [Lec 28: Ecological knowledge, biodiversity conservation and sustainability](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/0dd27eb8982f) (YouTube)
29. [Lec 29: Traditional religion and conservation of nature in Northeast India: Case study](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/a9b2e0b33ab7) (YouTube)
30. [Lec 30: Indigenous knowledge, environment and development](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/db256f5a2434) (YouTube)
31. [Lec 31: Relevance of indigenous knowledge: Case study](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109103186/72e309086aef) (YouTube)