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 4: Economic, Social and Political Structures
Sustainable Development and Economic, Social and Political Structures
4_OCW_-_Sustainable_Development_and_Economic__Social_and_Political_Structures.pdf This lecture is about economy and sustainable development. The lecture first discusses how the free market is organized. The prisoner’s dilemma is mentioned as example of market failure. An important topic that is discussed in the lecture is the role of social and behavioral change. Questions that will be dealt with are: How does our economic system relate to political and social change? How can (resulting) social patterns be changed? |
Key-words: free market, resources, prisoner’s dilemma, social change.
Reading: Chapter 4 of ‘Sustainable Development for Engineers’: Sustainable development and economic, social and political structures.
