BSSb1177 Enviromental security

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Martinovský (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! BSS177 Enviromental security && !NOW( BSS177 Enviromental security )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide basic information about broad spectrum of environmental threats and relating coping strategies. Issues such as climate change, water scarcity, floods, extreme weather events etc. will be discussed in broadened security concept framework.
Learning outcomes
The course will enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze specific environmental threats. Emphasis on linking scientific knowledge with information on threat management strategies will bridge the gap between the natural sciences and the security community
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, 2. Environment – source of threat or referent object? Teoretical approaches to the issue 3. Metodological approaches and difficulties - Two worlds of Bjorn Lomborg and Lester Brown 4. Classification of environmental threats I. 5. Classification of environmental threats II. 6. Coping strategies of environmental threats in the Czech Republic 7. Expert Lecture - "Global Climate Change – Security Implications" 8. Securitization of environmental threats I. - global level 9. Securitization of environmental threats II. - regional and national level 10. Environmental Kuznets Curve theory 11. Prediction and environmental security 12. Collapse or regeneration? "Collapse literature" and environmental security from broader perspective
Literature
    required literature
  • MARTINOVSKÝ, Petr. Environmentální bezpečnost a klasická typologie bezpečnostních studií (Environmental Security and Classical Typology of Security Studies). The Science for Population Protection. Lázně Bohdaneč: MV – GŘ HZS ČR, IOO Lázně Bohdaneč, 2011, vol. 3, No 2, p. 65-80. ISSN 1803-568X. info
  • DALBY, Simon. Security and environmental change. Cambridge: Polity, 2009, viii, 197. ISBN 9780745642925. info
  • LOMBORG, Bjørn. Skeptický ekolog : jaký je skutečný stav světa? Translated by Petr Holčák. První vydání v českém j. Praha: Liberální institut, 2006, 587 stran. ISBN 8086389424. info
    recommended literature
  • Smart solutions to climate change : comparing costs and benefits. Edited by Bjørn Lomborg. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010, xxi, 413. ISBN 9780521138567. info
  • The Routledge handbook of new security studies. Edited by J. Peter Burgess. New York: Routledge, 2010, xii, 316. ISBN 9780203859483. info
  • LOMBORG, Bjørn. Zchlaďte hlavy! : skeptický ekolog o globálním oteplování. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha: Dokořán, 2008, 358 s. ISBN 9788073631888. info
  • Global environmental outlook. 1st pub. London: Earthscan Publications, 2002, xxxiii, 44. ISBN 1-85383-845-4. info
    not specified
  • List of further literature will be provided in the syllabus.
Teaching methods
The course consists of lectures and related class discussion in four blocs during the semester.
Assessment methods
Students will prepare a seminary paper of 10-12 pages, which will be classified by 0 - 20 points. Course will finished with oral exam, consisting of 2 questions, each by 20 points maximum, so the overall maximum is 40 points. The overall classification will be like this: Maximum - 60 points. A - 60-56 B - 55-51 C - 50-46 D - 45-41 E - 40-36 F - 35 and less.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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