Q/A, the requirements of the course explained.

Systemic approach to environment – Open vs. closed systems, Flow of energy and matter. System analysis - steady-state vs. unstable state. 

Epstein, A: (2014). The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. Penguin Group, New York. Chapter 1 and 8. 

UN Environment Programme (2019): Global Environmental Outlook - Healthy Planet, Healthy People. Chapter 5-9 (Executive summaries only). 

Fergusson, L.; Bangerter, P.J.(2015): Principles of Environmental Remediation in Open and Closed Systems: A Case Study of the Lake Dianchi Drainage Basin, International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Research Technology.