ENV002 Sustainable development

Faculty of Science
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Mgr. Michal Bittner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Mgr. Michal Bittner, Ph.D.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Fri 11:00–12:50 409-stara KAM1
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
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- understand and explain concept of sustainable development as a strategy of development of post-modern society, including indicators of sustainability and factual aplications in political and legal environment EU and Czech Rep.
- interpret the approaches of cleaner production and their scientific technical, technological, economic, legal, and governing tools
- submit reasonable recommendations how to implement concept of SD and where are the limits of the enforcement at global, national, regional and local scale
Syllabus
  • 1) Global social and environmental issues, evolution of the economy and the environment
  • 2) All the aspects of the sustainable development (SD) concept
  • 3) Indicators of sustainability
  • 4) Important international documents; international obligations of the Czech Rep.
  • 5) National environmental policy of the Czech Rep. and its development
  • 6) Environmental policy of EU a OECD.
  • 7) Principles and the structure of Czech environmental legislation
  • 8) Local Agenda 21
  • 9) Principles and strategy of cleaner production
  • 10) Realization of the cleaner production,
  • 11) Role of scientists and technicians
  • 12) Examples of cleaner production introduction in various industrail sectors.
  • 13) Environmental management of companies and the tools
  • 14) Economical and legal tools of cleaner production
Literature
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Podmaněná planeta. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 419 s. ISBN 9788024615806. info
  • KOLÁŘOVÁ, Hana. Udržitelný rozvoj : hledání cest, které nekončí. Praha: Centrum pro otázky životního prostředí Univerzity Karlovy, 2006, 186 s. ISBN 8087076028. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. (Ne)udržitelný rozvoj : ekologie, hrozba i naděje. 2. vyd. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2003, 141 s. ISBN 8024607697. info
Teaching methods
Education is performed as lectures with Powerpoint prezentation. They are encouraged to ask questions and be in interaction with the lecturer.
Assessment methods
Final written test with possibility of oral revision.
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 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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