The module also examines sustainable development and territorial governance, focussing on main actors and their spatial interactions. It examines the societies’ attitude to resources (human-environment systems, sustainable management of natural and cultural resources, ecosystem services and their contribution to humans, food systems, landscape and sustainability, environmental justice, vulnerability, resilience), organization of society in space, and sustainable practices.

Special emphasis is on understanding social innovation, mobilizing and empowering local communities, studying social relationships and governance structures. Space is regarded as a manifestation of numerous contemporary and historical processes, is examined with contemporary research methods and interpreted as a specific part of the heritage.