ESF:BPR_ENEK Environmental Economy - Course Information
BPR_ENEK Environmental Economy
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationAutumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Milan Viturka, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Vilém Pařil, Ph.D. (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 14:35–16:15 P102
- 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
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS)
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS, specialization Reg. Develop. & Admin.)
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS, specialization Reg. Develop. & Admin.)
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, M-HPS)
- Course objectives
- 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. - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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