Z6102 Environment - seminar

Faculty of Science
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable of Seminar Groups
Z6102/01: Wed 16:00–17:50 Z2,01032, M. Culek
Prerequisites
KREDITY_MIN(100) && Z4066 Landscape ecology || PROGRAM(N-GK)
It is suitable to pass the course Z0025 Ecology and Environment before.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course follow courses of Landscape ecology, Sustainibility and Ecology and Environment.
The goal of this course is understanding and ability of aplication of environmental politics on global, regional and local levels with use of geographic knowledges;
The course is based on own activity of students, that is mostly only controlled by the teacher;
Students are led to discussions, assertive negotiation.
Syllabus
  • During the course next topics are expected to be discused, but according to students interest also other themes could be the goal of the lecture:
  • 1 Environmental politics in Czechia and in Europe.
  • 2. Environmental priorities in Czechia.
  • 3. Goals and actions of state environmental politics. Environmental acts.
  • 4. Actual problems of Environment in Czechia, Europe and in the World.
  • 5.+6. Legislative and institutional instruments in EIA and SEA.
  • 7. Discussion about the environmentals aspects of Bachelors theses of students.
  • 8. Inhabitans participation in environmental problems, Agenda 21.
  • 9. History of the scientific and public interest in Environment.
  • 10. Excursion to a firm elaborating ecological and environmental studies with possibility of discussion.
  • 11. Excursion to the Department of Environment of the Southmoravian regional authority with possibility of discussion.
Literature
  • Hospodářské sektory a environmentální integrace : k udržitelnému rozvoji České republiky: vytváření podmínek (Variant.) : K udržitelnému rozvoji České republiky: vytváření podmínek. Svazek 3, Hospodářské sektory a environmentální integrace. info
  • Kolektiv: Politické a volební programy politických stran ČR
  • GORE, Al. Země na misce vah : ekologie a lidský duch. Edited by Jan Jařab. Vyd. 2. Praha: Argo, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 8072033107. info
  • Práce s veřejností a místní agenda 21. 1. vyd. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, 1998, 88 s. ISBN 80-7212-047-6. info
Teaching methods
The thema of the lecture is mostly presented by the lecturer and some problems of it are mentioned. Important is class discussion, presentation of student´s opinion and its defence. As a bases for this, each of the students elaborates two presentations. First one concernes environmental aspects of his/her Bachelor´s theses, second one (with collaboration of another student) selected environmental topics. Further more, each pair will present one co-referate to topics of another pair of students. All these presentations are the basis for discussion of whole seminar group. Two seminars are prepared as discussions with cheafs of environmental institutions.
Assessment methods
To obtain the credit of this course active approach of the student is necessary.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation.
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