Course: Environmental Economics

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Course title Environmental Economics
Course code USSV/KEZP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Obršálová Ilona, doc. Ing. CSc.
  • Baťa Robert, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
The introduction in the dilemma of connection of economy, society and environment. The strategy of sustainability. Agenda 21, Local Agenda 21, sustainability in the territory. The sustainability monitoring concept, the scheme driving power, pollution, situation, impact, response. Sustainability indicators. The driving powers of environmental changes. Population, the theorems of consumption, globalization, market, capital investments, economical development, technical development. The development and impacts of primary sector and traffic to the environment and possible solutions. Agriculture, water service, fishery, forestry, biodiversity. The development and impacts of energetics and transport for the environment, possible solutions. Climate changes, air quality and other impacts. Impacts of households and chosen branches for the environment, possible solutions. The consumption of households, waste generation, industrial impacts and possible solutions. Health and environment, environmental democracy, efficiency of sources usage. Environmental protection system performance abroad and in CR. Public relations in environmental protection. Planning of electivity program, risk expression, public dialogue, evaluation of advancements. Environmental information systems. Environmental law in CR a EU.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim is to provide basic knowledge in the field of sustainability, with an emphasis on the linkages of the economy, society and environment. Presented are the laws necessary for understanding the broader context of economic activities of man, his linkage to the environment and society.
Student will be able make a structure of most basic environmental problems, which he could find in the public administration sector as well as private sector. He will be able to orientate oneself in environmental and economic interdependences by using of recoverable energy sources.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

The inclusion is granted upon completion of the seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • Moldan B. Ekologická dimenze udržitelného rozvoje. Karolinum, Praha 2001.
  • BOŽEK F.,URBAN R., ZEMÁNEK Z. Recyklace. Moravia Tisk Vyškov 2003 ISBN 80-238-9919-9.
  • HERČÍK M.:. 111 otázek a odpovědí o životním prostředí. Montanex Ostrava 2004 ISBN 80-7225-123-6.
  • KRAMER, M., URBANIEC, M., RIETSCHELOVÁ, I. Mezinárodní management životního prostředí II.Praha: C.H. Beck, 2005..
  • KRAMER M.,URBANIEC M.,OBRŠÁLOVÁ I. a kol.:. Mezinárodní management životního prostředí.Svazek I. Interdisciplinární rámcové podmínky environmentálně orientovaného podniku. Beckova Edice Ekonomie Beck Praha 2005 ISBN 80-7179-919-X.
  • Soukupová J. Výdaje obcí na ochranu životního prostředí a jejich efektivnost. 2011. ISBN 978-80-85763-60-7.


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