Barton, Andrew

Dlouhá, Jana

Exploring regional sustainable development issues: using the case study approach in higher education.

Guildford

2014

9781781489123

1781489122

Abstract: This book brings together a total of seven regional sustainable development case studies that have been used as teaching materials for e-learning courses at the Charles University Environment Center in Prague, Czech Republic, and which form part of its open education resources. The case studies are accompanied in the opening pages of the book by two chapters describing the methods and approaches that we applied when teaching our e-learning courses and international summer schools.

Foreword

Introduction

1. Sustainable development case studies and their
use as a teaching method in regionally focused higher education programs

2. Actor analysis as a tool for exploring the
decision-making processes in environmental governance

3. Students′ exploration of a Brown Coal Mining
case study in higher education

4. Case Study: Mineral extraction or maintenance of the conservation estate in New Zealand:
Which takes precedence?

5. Case Study: Water scarcity in Jordan

6. Case Study: Deforestation in Ethiopia

7. Case Study: Globalisation and the gold mining resurgence in Ghana

8. Case Study: Environmental (in)justice in Eastern Slovakia: the Roma community of Rudnany

9. Case Study: The influences of tourism on natural, economic, social and cultural values in Iceland with
special emphasis on sustainable tourism

Index