MPV_EKZP Environment and Sustainability

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Kociánová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Fri 7:40–9:15 P201
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MPV_EKZP/01: Fri 9:20–11:00 P201, J. Soukopová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PVEKZP Economy of Environment
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to introduce students to the study of basic principles of environment, environmental protection policy, and sustainable growth. Models and concrete examples environmental policy in the Czech Republic, EU and OECD will be introduced. At the end of this course, students should:

- be able to interprete the role, context and organizational framework of policy on environment and sustainability, including the role of the private sector

- know principles, objectives and sectoral policies of the environmental policy of the Czech Republic, EU and the OECD

- be able to interprete and analyze managerial aspects of specific fields of public policy on environment and sustainability (e.g. instruments for removing pollution, environmental goods and services in project management of factual environmental public projects).
Syllabus
  • The content of this course is divided into the following lectures:
  • - Introduction to the theories of the environmental policy
  • - Sustainable development and its instruments
  • - Political, social, economic aspects of environmental protection
  • - Financing environmental protection
  • - Environmental policy of Czech republic and the European Union
  • - Regional aspects of Czech national environmental policy
  • - Economic instruments of Czech national environmental policy
  • - Energy and environment - policy and economic aspects
  • 9. Protection of the climate system of the Earth and air pollution and it economical contexts
  • - Water protection policy and management
  • - Waste management
  • - Non.state Non-Governmental Orgranization (Veronica Hostětín, Děti Země, Partnerství, Hnutí Duha) - the good practice case
  • - Excursion - waste management company (van Gansewinkel, SITA or SAKO Brno)
  • - Excursion - Brno - Modřice wastewater treatment plantagement company (van Gansewinkel, SITA or SAKO Brno)
Literature
    required literature
  • NElISSEN, N., STRASTEM, J., KLINKERS, L.: Classics in Environmental Studies, International Books, 1997
  • SOUKOPOVÁ, Jana, Eduard BAKOŠ, Marie DOLEŽELOVÁ, Barbora KAPLANOVÁ, Viktor KULHAVÝ and Jarmila BERÁNKOVÁ. Ekonomika životního prostředí (Environmental economics). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 330 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5644-2. info
  • ENDRES, Albert. Environmental economic : theory and policy. Translated by Iain L. Fraser. Rev. and extended English ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, xix, 379. ISBN 9781107002142. info
  • Progress report on the Czech Republic sustainable development strategy : summary. Edited by Bedřich Moldan - Jan Kovanda - Tomáš Hák. 1st ed. Prague: Ministry of the Environment, 2009, 31 s. ISBN 9788072124923. info
  • RITSCHELOVÁ, Iva. Úvod do ekonomiky životního prostředí. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, 2002, 96 s. ISBN 80-7044-415-0. info
  • Státní politika životního prostředí. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí, 2001, 56 s. ISBN 80-7212-170-7. info
    recommended literature
  • www.mzp.cz
  • RITSCHELOVÁ, Iva. Liberalizace obchodu s environmentálním zbožím a službami : trendy v České republice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Linde, 2009, 287 s. ISBN 9788072017973. info
  • ŠAUER, Petr. Základy ekonomiky životního prostředí. Praha: Nakladatelství a vydavatelství litomyšlského semináře, 2008, 115 s. ISBN 9788086709130. info
  • The economics of the European Union : policy and analysis. Edited by Michael J. Artis - F. I. Nixson. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, xx, 436. ISBN 9780199298969. info
  • RITSCHELOVÁ, Iva. Výkladový slovník vybraných pojmů z oblasti environmentální ekonomie. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, 2002, 206 s. ISBN 80-7044-416-9. info
  • ARTIS, M. and F. NIXSON. The Economics of the Europe Union. Policy and Analyses. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. info
Teaching methods
The course takes the form of both: lectures and seminars. Students have to take part in two excursions. Presentation of students' seminar works is a part of seminars.
Assessment methods
The course is concluded with combined written and oral exam (50% of the course classification). Students are eligible to take the exam provided that they elaborate and present essay (50% of the course classification). The teacher can award students with “bonus” points if they are active during seminars.

Requirements (including the literature) are specified further in the interactive syllabus and the downloadable study plan before the semester starts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PVEKZP. Předmět nebude v daném semestru vypsán, pokus se nezapíše min. 15 studentů.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011.
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