Lectures
- Lecture 1: Introduction
- Lecture 2: (Un)Sustainable
- Lecture 3: Patterns of Development
- Lecture 4: Economic, Social and Political Structures
- Lecture 5: Technology Assessment & Measuring Sustainability
- Lecture 6: Technology and Society
- Lecture 7: Sustainable Enterprises
- Lecture 8: Sustainable Design
- Lecture 9: Innovation Processes
- Lecture 10: Technology for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development for Engineers
(WM0929)Lecture 3: Patterns of Development
Patterns of Development
3_OCW_-_Patterns_of_Development.pdf In this lecture a brief history of global development is considered, as well as the role technology has played in developing societies. Questions that will be dealt with are: What drives development? What are key issues in the development of society? What is globalization and issues concerned with it? |
Key-words: Society development, technology, globalization.
Reading: Chapter 3 of ‘Sustainable Development for Engineers’: Patterns of development.
