Z0131 Sustainability

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Alois Hynek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Alois Hynek, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PROGRAM(B-AG) || PROGRAM(N-GK)
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
1. Physical landscape components, processes, resources, ecosystems, biodiversity 2. Valuing the nature values and preferences, rationality, social norms, incommensurability, institutions 3. Landscape evaluation, carrying capacity, hazards and risks, EIA, SEA 4. Environment and ecology science, ideology, policy hard and soft sustainability 5. Sustainable communities development, capital, policy, localities 6. Greening the city water, sewage, waste, energy, air, biodiversity 7. Urban land use and form, transport, housing, governance 8. Rural sustainability agriculture, forestry, wildlife, energy and minerals, military sites, tourism, rural policy 9. Sustainable drainage basins, national parks, protected landscapes, reserves 10. Regional sustainability RESPEC(T)S, scenarios, strategies, programmes, projects 11. International political context and cooperation, EU structural funds, social construction
Syllabus
  • 1. Physical landscape components, processes, resources, ecosystems, biodiversity 2. Valuing the nature values and preferences, rationality, social norms, incommensurability, institutions 3. Landscape evaluation, carrying capacity, hazards and risks, EIA, SEA 4. Environment and ecology science, ideology, policy hard and soft sustainability 5. Sustainable communities development, capital, policy, localities 6. Greening the city water, sewage, waste, energy, air, biodiversity 7. Urban land use and form, transport, housing, governance 8. Rural sustainability agriculture, forestry, wildlife, energy and minerals, military sites, tourism, rural policy 9. Sustainable drainage basins, national parks, protected landscapes, reserves 10. Regional sustainability RESPEC(T)S, scenarios, strategies, programmes, projects 11. International political context and cooperation, EU structural funds, social construction
Literature
  • LÖW, Jiří and Igor MÍCHAL. Krajinný ráz. 1. vyd. Kostelec nad Černými Lesy: Lesnická práce, 2003, 552 s. ISBN 80-86386-27-9. info
  • WRIGHT, Richard T. and Bernard J. NEBEL. Environmental science :toward a sustainable future. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson education, 2002, xix, 681 s. ISBN 0-13-032538-4. info
  • RAO, Pinninti Krishna. Sustainable development : economics and policy. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 2000, xviii, 393. ISBN 0-631-20993-X. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.