2025

DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMATICS

Name: DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMATICS
Code: ECN13424O
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Economy

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

Objectives
Analyse and problematize the development of small countries and small islands
Understand the economic and social management mechanisms of simple and complex endogenous resources, tourism and urban organization of societies
State the principles of sustainability within a framework of regional and global economic integration

Skills
Identify and analyse development issues
Understand the functioning of the economy and the interconnections between sectors and activities
Find solutions for development that is sustainable and with regional and global integration

Contents

Sustainability and development - problems and opportunities: sustainable development (from the perspective of the economy, opportunities and fragilities; territory, economic activities and levels of self-sufficiency; the problems of development and the economic integration of small countries and islands into the African and global framework
Water, soil and energy resources: the economic management of basic resources for sd
Natural ecosystems and agroforestry and fisheries systems: the economic management of complex resources for sd
Landscape and Identity: nature, culture and heritage; weaknesses and potentialities; development strategies. Development in the tropics and in islands
Tourism and development: potentialities and risks; evolution and future, trends and alternatives
Sustainable cities: the problems of urban growth in developing countries; development vs growth; evolution and future; the landscape in urban planning; concepts and trends

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods: Exposition of theoretical concepts. Discussion of topics that illustrate and consolidate theoretical concepts.
Methods of evaluation: online activities and a written test and an essay