Delta State University
SOC/COD 521 Sustainable Development
Fall Semester 2008

Discussion on Readings
Discussion Leaders

Week Date Topic Reading Discussion Leader(s)
4

  Discussion 1
Mon.
Sep. 8

Sustainable Community Development

Edwards, Ch. 2
(pp. 29-47)

 Carley Jefcoat
5

  Discussion 2
Mon.
Sep. 15

Sustainable Economic Development

Edwards, Ch. 3
(pp. 49-74)

LaToya Beard
6

  Discussion 3
Mon.
Sep. 22

Challenges of Sustainable Development

Elliott, Ch. 2
(pp. 44-89)

Elliot Meador
7

  Discussion 4
Mon.
Sep. 29

Sustainable Development and Natural Resources

Edwards, Ch. 4
(pp. 75-96)

 Julie Green
8

  Discussion 5
Mon.
Oct. 6

Actors and Actions in Sustainable Development

Elliott, Ch. 3
(pp. 90-139)

Michelle Byrd
9

  Discussion 6
Mon.
Oct. 13

Sustainable Rural Development

Elliott, Ch. 4
(pp. 140-188)

LaToya Beard
10

  Discussion 7
Mon.
Oct. 20

Sustainable Urban Development

Elliott, Ch. 5
(pp. 189-234)

Julie Green
11

  Discussion 8
Mon.
Oct. 27

Sustainable Development and Ecological Design

Edwards, Ch. 5
(pp. 97-112)

Carley Jefcoat
12

   Discussion 9
Mon.
Nov. 3

Sustainable Development and the Biosphere

Edwards, Ch. 6
(pp. 113-122)

Michelle Byrd
13

  Discussion 10
Mon.
Nov. 10		 Sustainable Development and the Global South

Elliott, Ch. 6
(pp. 235-261)

Elliot Meador
14

  Discussion 11
Mon.
Nov. 17		 The Future of Sustainable Development

Edwards, Ch. 7
(pp. 123-140)

  
15   Discussion 12
Mon.
Dec. 1		 Education for Sustainable Development

Haigh (2005)