BPR_ENEK Environmental Economy

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Milan Viturka, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Milan Viturka, CSc.
Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Iveta Suchomelová Vašíčková
Supplier department: Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:50 P302a
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
This course deals with the economic aspects of landscape development and environmental protection. After description of global environmental problems and the state of the environment in the Czech Republic, students are introduced to principal causes of market failure in the area of environmental goods and also to relevant methods of solution. The accent is put on legal rules, institutional support and on the instruments of positive and negative stimulation (especially in the Czech context). Emphasis is also placed on the corresponding strategies, particularly on the strategy of sustainable development and on the decisive instruments and measures stimulating its enforcement (Environmental Impact Assessment Method, Environmental Management System, environmental auditing, ecolabelling etc.). A systematic approach to the environmental protection is, in addition to the environmental policy in the Czech Republic, exemplified by The Fifth Environmental Action Programme of the EU.
Learning outcomes
After successful finishing of this course students should be able to: - repeat basic environmental continuities of economic development; - explain causes of market failure in the area of environmental goods; - demonstrate decisive instruments and measures stimulating implementation of strategy of sustainable development and - analyse their basic economic impacts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic concepts, global environmental problems - atmosphere and climate, water resources, deforestation, extinction of species and other selected issues.
  • 2. State of the environment of the Czech Republic and its development trends - atmosphere, water, soil, biota.
  • 3. Common relation between market economy and the environment - concept of externalities, natural resources and their valuation, macro-economic and micro-economic optimum of quality of the environment.
  • 4. Environment protection regulation in the Czech Republic - basic and common legal rules, partial legal rules (environment, climate and water protection).
  • 5. Environment protection regulation in the Czech Republic - partial legal rules (soil protection, waste management, other constituents of the environment), corresponding legal rules, harmonizing legislation of the Czech Republic and the EU.
  • 6. Administration and economic tools for environment protection - tools of positive and negative stimulation.
  • 7. Environment management of firms - EMS, environmental norms, environmental accounting.
  • 8. Strategic approaches to solution of environmental problems - reactive and proactive approaches, present technologies of waste gas and water purification, waste management, recycling.
  • 9. Concept of sustainable development and selected tools and precautions supporting its implementation - environmental audit, EIA. and SEA methods, ecolabelling, ecological tax reform.
  • 10. Natural and territorial aspects of environment protection - territorial systems of ecological stability of landscape, physical planning.
  • 11. Environmental policy - international ecological actions and initiatives, environmental policy of the Czech Republic.
  • 12. Institutional ensuring of environmental care in the Czech Republic - public administration, non-governmental organizations.
  • 13. EU environmental policy - environmental action programmes, interaction between economic and environmental policies.
Literature
    required literature
  • VITURKA, Milan. Environmentální ekonomie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 106 s. ISBN 8021036540. info
    recommended literature
  • Moldán, B. – Braniš, M.: Globální problémy životního prostředí. Portál, Praha 2003.
  • Siebert Horst. Economics of Environment. 27th ed., 2008, 333 p., ISBN 978-3-540-73706-3.
Teaching methods
Lessons take form of lectures. Reading of the obligatory literature is expected.
Assessment methods
The course is concluded by a written exam (25 questions). To pass the subject, students are required to obtain at least 60 points (out of 100).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Credit evaluation note: k=1.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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