P108 Environmentalistics

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Tomáš Pitner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Tomáš Pitner, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 11:00–12:50 A107
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
Syllabus
  • Environment and the environment protection (basic concepts)
  • Components of the environment: water, air, ground, nature and landscape, row materials, wastes
  • Global environmental problems (climat changes, population explosion, reduction of biodiversity), sustainable development, Agenda 21
  • The private and state sector roles in environmental protection
  • Economic aspects of the environmental protection, globalization of the world economics
  • Macro- and microeconomics of the environment, economic stimuli for environmental protection, systems for environmental management (ISO 14000, EMAS), environmental accounting and taxes
  • Microenvironmentalistics - ecology of households and workplaces, agreements of good neighbourship
  • Environmental information, freedom of access to environmental information (in CZ and abroad), public participation in environmental issues
  • Environmental impact of information technology
Literature
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Ekonomické aspekty ochrany životního prostředí : situace v České republice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1997, 307 s. ISBN 8071844349. info
  • WEIZSÄCKER, Ernst Ulrich von, Amory B. LOVINS and Hunter L. LOVINSOVÁ. Faktor čtyři :dvojnásobný blahobyt - poloviční spotřeba přírodních zdrojů : nová zpráva Římskému klubu. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, 1996, 331 s. ISBN 80-85368-85-4. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Indikátory trvale udržitelného rozvoje. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská, 1996, 87 s. ISBN 80-7078-380-X. info
  • BALÁK, Rudolf. Nové zdroje energie. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1989, 205 s. URL info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Přežije technika rok 2000? : hledání ekotechniky. Illustrated by Jiří Slíva. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1985, 159 s. URL info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000.
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