Learning
Objectives
 1.
To explain economic development as a global process. This
requires the following material to be described and discussed:
a. The historical framework and chronology of intellectual
ideas that have influenced the discussion on the nature
of development
b. The principal theories and concepts that have influenced
contemporary thinking about global development
c. Spatial models and geographical concepts which help
characterize the development process and its outcomes,
especially centre-periphery as an explanation of uneven
economic development.
2. To explain the principal characteristics of globalization,
with special emphasis on economic globalization. This
requires the following to be analyzed and discussed:
a. The role of technology in shaping historical and
contemporary geographical patterns of industrialization
b. The role of transport and communications technology
in a “shrinking” world
c. The role of transnational corporations and neoliberalism
ideologies in the spatial reorganization of global manufacturing
and producer services, and the emergence of a New International
Division of Labour
3. To analyze the practice of development in third
world countries drawing upon selected examples and case
studies. This requires a knowledge and discussion of
selected development policies, strategies and issues,
ideologies and styles with respect to:
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a. the industrial sector
b. the service sector,
b. the rural sector
c. the tourism sector
5. To analyze why small island developing states are
considered a ‘special case’ in facing the
challenges of sustainable development. This requires
the following to be explained and discussed:
a. the characteristics of small island states and why
they pose distinctive problems for economic development.
b. the complex interactions between environmental processes
and economic development in small island states in the
context of fragile tropical ecosystems
c. the problem of the continued growth in tourist numbers
in the Caribbean in the context of the desire for sustainable
tourism development.
d. the problems of reconciling environmental conservation
and sustainable development in the context of a system
of national parks and protected areas.
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